C is for Crayon

Today is Alphabe-Thursday. That means my blog is brought to you by the letter C...so let's get right down to it.

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ahhh...the simplicity of crayons!
An essential tool in my profession, and yet such a vital part of our lives.

Crayons have the ability to color our world. They add life to simple drawings, brighten up the darkest of pictures, and create rainbows on rainy days.

After completing a writing assignment my students will often ask...."Do we have to draw a picture?"
"Of course you do!! And use your crayons!" I will reply.

And then the real feelings of their topic show through.

Without color, how dull our lives would be.
No yellow sunshiny days.
No pink cotton candy.
No blue skies and green grass.

Lollipops would be tasteless and lemonade would be just water.

The fashion industry would go bust and movies would not be worth seeing.

Crayons add life. They add spirit. And they make me smile.
Even tho a wee little piece of one was the bane of my world on Monday, when it hid in my pocket and then decided to spread itself all over a load of my clothes...I could not hate it. It was not the crayon's fault.

So color my world with all those hues of happiness ....

and you don't even have to stay in the lines!