Chloe has improved from having, as her Doc affectionately calls it, “The Cruds”.\u00a0 She goes to see Dr. “T” today in fact for a weight check.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
As it happens, this is as good a time as any to be in gratitude.\u00a0 I would like to share another published writing by Chloe as it appeared in the Bridlemile Times.\u00a0 Let me preface it by saying it is long!\u00a0 I may print 1\/2 today only.\u00a0 Her teacher was able to encourage her to cut it down in length because this was a ‘toast’ of gratitutde she(as well as the others in class) shared during their Thanksgiving feast in class.\u00a0 Time was a factor for having all the children read their toasts.\u00a0Many adults were in attendance and I understand there was an undeniable quiet as Chloe read this:<\/p>\n
Thanksgiving Toast By Chloe R. Watts<\/p>\n
“I sit here lost in thought.\u00a0 I usually get preocccupied like this.\u00a0 My friends, one by one, read their toasts.\u00a0 No, I don’t mean a piece of toast.\u00a0 I mean “what they are thankful for.”Mr. Augustine says my name.\u00a0 I could hear him.\u00a0 It isnt’ that hard to get me out of my thoughts.\u00a0I pick up my paper, all eyes are on me.\u00a0 I get a clear vision on what I’m about to read.<\/p>\n
Finally, I’m ready.\u00a0 I read:\u00a0 I am thankful for Emanuel Childrens’s Hospital because without them and their staff, I would be dead.\u00a0 Emanuel gave me hope when I believed there was none.\u00a0 Emanuel’s staff was always cheerry.\u00a0 My bad mood never got to them.\u00a0 They asked me if I needed medicine before they gave it to me.\u00a0 My nurses played games with me, they took me out to the children’s garden and they even made me root beer floats!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without the resources of the hospitals, everyone needing surgery would get a disease from pollution in the air.\u00a0 That is why I am thankful for Emanuel Hospital.\u00a0 Without that very hospital, my body would be under ground and my spirit would roam the skies.<\/p>\n
I am also thankful for my family because they support me in everything I do.\u00a0 They teach me new things and make me look up any word that I don’t know.\u00a0 My family revivies me when I feel I’m near “death.”\u00a0 All of them are “free spirits.”\u00a0 None of them are stern because they want to focus on the joys of life.\u00a0 My family is my blanket on a cold winter’s night.<\/p>\n
My family is me.”<\/p>\n
………to be continued……………..<\/p>\n
Until then I would wonder if we all had to stand in front of our peers, what would our Thankful toast include?<\/p>\n
Dana<\/p>\n
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