Important Things

You may not remembet this, but once you didn't know how to tie your shoes, or jump rope, or read three-syllable words. There are so many important things that a person learns when they are six and seven years old. And everything is new. Making a paper snowflake for the first time, by folding and cutting and then opening up the paper - it is like magic! Or learning how to cut a paper heart by folding a paper in half - not too easy, really. We take these things for granted. How about swinging without getting a push? An amazing feeling comes over you when you realize you can get so high on your own! So many things that give us a sense of independence that are sheer delight when first achieved. That is my world. Sheer delight. This is Madison. She knows how to jump rope. Not everyone in the class does yet. Do you remember when you first learned to jump rope?