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I was working for AmeriCorps (domestic version of the Peace Corps) at a social services center in New Jersey. Clients I had been working with were not doing well. I was the stopgap trying to contain a long standing institutional problem with no evident solution. My efforts to help people are ineffectual. Christmas was fast approaching. Three colleagues and I took a group of children from the center to the NY Botanical Garden for its annual holiday train show. G scale model trains run past models of NY landmarks. The models are made out of plant material. Our group started in the Children's Garden, where exhibits teach cheapjerseys us com kids about horticulture. A girl stands apart from the group. AB (the girl's initials) is agitated, saying the other children wouldn't let her play an educational computer game. I ease and encourage her into her turn at the game. Thanks to my three colleagues handling the group, I can give AB one on one attention. She accepts my hand as we next explore a perennial garden filled with flowers like asters and chrysanthemums. AB asks about things she may well be seeing for the first time, I do my best to answer her questions. Between the perennial garden and central conservatory, there's a walkway. AB sees a man made pond and asks for a coin to make a wish. I give her a penny; she thinks for a moment and then tosses the coin in. With my focus on AB, I hadn't noticed other children (not from my group, of course!) were now flinging coins across the room. I take her by the hand and quickly escort her away from the flying projectiles. In the safety of the main conservatory, we slow to a halt. "Can you be my dad?" AB said. Slack jawed mentally, I pause a beat. in order to find a reply. "I don't know about being your dad for the long term, but I can be your dad for the day." "Okay!" she said happily. AB bolts for the train show and I trail close behind. By being herself, she had jolted me out of my blue mood of self absorption. Even today for me AB remains a touchstone that serving others even in a small way nourishes the spirit. Directions Getting to the garden: From Grand Central Station take Metro North's Harlem Line to the Botanical Garden stop, the trip takes approximately 20 minutes. Admission Weekend passes: Adults $28, children $16 (ages 2 12). Weekday passes: Adults $20, children $10 (ages 2 12). Tip: On weekends, try to go in the morning before the wholesale nfl jerseys china lines really start piling up. Whatever designated time slot one gets, expect to wait 30 40 minutes after that time before you get Dt5FW6a9x in to see the show. http://khleothomas.com/profiles/blogs/sugoi-rs-pro-bib-knickers
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