Emma -- that was wonderful! I've been sitting here, leaning slightly forward in my computer chair, my lips parted in a delighted smile... until he gave the flowers to the woman, and hugged her, when my hands went over my mouth, and the tears started to gather in my eyes. Then, with hands clasped -- in prayer? in wonder? I leaned closer to the screen, not wanting to miss one moment, one second of all that they made -- all that can be made -- when one ... and one ... and one ... and one ... gather under a yellow umbrella in the growing darkness, and make do with what they have.
Wouldn't it be loverly if we could all share like this, and create like this, and delight like this?
Emma Walton Hamilton is a best-selling children's book author, editor and arts educator. Together with her mother, Julie Andrews, Emma has authored 16 books for young readers of all ages, four of which have been on the New York Times Bestseller list. Emma also serves as Editorial Director for the Julie Andrews Collection publishing program, and moonlights as a freelance children's book editor. A Co-Founder of Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, NY, she created and managed their unique performance and education programs for young audiences for fifteen years. She speaks regularly on the topics of literacy and the arts, and the synergy between the two. Her latest book is "Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment." (www.raisingbookworms.com)
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Emma -- that was wonderful! I've been sitting here, leaning slightly forward in my computer chair, my lips parted in a delighted smile... until he gave the flowers to the woman, and hugged her, when my hands went over my mouth, and the tears started to gather in my eyes. Then, with hands clasped -- in prayer? in wonder? I leaned closer to the screen, not wanting to miss one moment, one second of all that they made -- all that can be made -- when one ... and one ... and one ... and one ... gather under a yellow umbrella in the growing darkness, and make do with what they have.
Wouldn't it be loverly if we could all share like this, and create like this, and delight like this?
Thank you.
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