Perseverance

When I was young. I always look forward to Children’s Day. Especially in school- we get to be entertained by our Strict teachers who would put up performances for us in the school hall. On that day, we would be given allowances (no scolding from teacher despite not finishing our homework/ get to be disruptive in class with our constant chit chats amongst classmates) The class blackboard would be nicely decorated by our teachers with their fanciful and colourful chalk drawings with some balloons at the edges. We would be given simply pretty stationery like pencils, cute animal erasers, sweet treats and stickers. Last but not least, we would each be given out an envelope from Sharity Elephant with a nice colouring and sticker booklet or file asking us to donate from our own pockets some money to the other unfortunate Children in Charity Homes with no one to love them like we have.

I remembered that I did not have any pocket money to give ( I had home packed bread with jam to school for recess- more economical). I ended up donating away my Emergency money (10 cent coins meant for public coin phones to call home in cases of emergency) The amount may not be much as I think about it now, but it was the only money I had and at that age and time, I felt it was worth lots ( I suppose many of us during those times felt the same way too).

So as I thought about it this year, I would like to rekindle that same feeling I had about this coming Children’s Day with my own version of Sharity Elephant to share with our Children.