Due to an unfortunate playpen accident when I was an infant, I have the ugliest baby toe in America.
No, I'm serious.
It's repulsive.
Really.
You do not want to see this.
Okay, if you just have to.
You were warned.
So today, I'm having a picnic with the four-year-olds I teach. In the chaos of the moment, I forgot about my hideous appendage and kicked off my shoes in the grass. And that's when something truly amazing happened.
I felt someone caressing The Toe.
I looked down and saw that the hand touching my repugnant growth was one that belonged to my little Hispanic student. We'll call her Maria. Although Maria started the year speaking exclusively Spanish, her English is now nearly perfect.
And it was in that perfect English that she said words I never dreamed I'd hear, "You toe ees so preetty."
She was stroking my freshly painted toenail, a shiny sliver of salmon glistening atop my meaty, red pork chop. But she didn't see what I see. All she saw was the shimmering preety pink.
Why can't we all be four?
No, I'm serious.
It's repulsive.
Really.
You do not want to see this.
Okay, if you just have to.
You were warned.
So today, I'm having a picnic with the four-year-olds I teach. In the chaos of the moment, I forgot about my hideous appendage and kicked off my shoes in the grass. And that's when something truly amazing happened.
I felt someone caressing The Toe.
I looked down and saw that the hand touching my repugnant growth was one that belonged to my little Hispanic student. We'll call her Maria. Although Maria started the year speaking exclusively Spanish, her English is now nearly perfect.
And it was in that perfect English that she said words I never dreamed I'd hear, "You toe ees so preetty."
She was stroking my freshly painted toenail, a shiny sliver of salmon glistening atop my meaty, red pork chop. But she didn't see what I see. All she saw was the shimmering preety pink.
Why can't we all be four?
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2 comments:
Nice post. And as for why we can't all be four -- we can. Age is a state of mind. And maturity is knowing when to act your age and when not to.
P.S. It took me all of 37 seconds to find your blog ;)
I've never seen your toe in quite that light....I'm going to make you wear shoes when we go out in public anymore -- which might be a few years the way things are going. I remember once you told me I had nice knees - you notice the strangest things. Now they sing "I feel pretty" all the time.
love you
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