—Clairee from Steel Magnolias
Today I went to Susanna’s Christmas party at school. On my way inside the class, I stopped to browse the artwork hanging outside her classroom.
I quickly found her work. It was a writing assignment that had a glittered package on the top. The writing prompt beneath was something like, “If I Had Three Gifts, I Would …”
She wrote:
I would buy a home for someone who didn’t have a home.
(Awwww. How sweet!)
I would give them a couch and a bed.
(Such a heart of charity; such a good Samaritan, this child of mine.)
I would give them clothes …
(She really gets what Christmas is all about. She sees the needs around her, and she is moved to compassion. About to shed a tear, I read her last words.)
and jewelry to make them feel better.
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