The boys were afraid of the storms tonight, so we retreated to the basement and spent most of the evening delighting in several Shel Silverstein books my grandparents gave me as a young girl. One has a "happy birthday" inscription with hopes that I'll enjoy the book throughout my life. I certainly have, and still am more than 25 years later.
One poem we came across didn't spark childhood memories like so many others, but it gave me pause tonight. I plan to read it to these little people again and again, with hopes that it might find a place in their ever-expanding minds, and reappear throughout their lives as a reminder that even when life gets stormy, there is nothing to be afraid of. Because anything can be.
Listen To The Mustn'ts
Listen to the Mustn'ts, child,
Listen to the Don'ts.
Listen to the Shouldn'ts,
The Impossibles, the Wont's.
Listen to the Never Haves
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child,
Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
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