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PIZZA FARM
There is an innocence in life to which every child brings…
before their brains become too cluttered with all those adult things.
It is a lovely place where wide-eyed children dwell.
Where, if we listen, their innocence can be profound as well.
A grandma was grocery shopping with her grandson
when in the produce department, she grabbed a peach.
because if you know anything about Grandmas…you know Grandmas love to teach.
Next she picked up an apple, a pear and then a plum.
then asked her grandson, “Do you know where all this food comes from?”
He knew his grandma loved puzzles…he had fallen for her tricks before…
“Grandma, that’s an easy one.” He said. “They come from inside this store.”
Then this grandma and her grandson through the produce section they walked around.
and she told him all these fruits and vegetables are grown out of the ground.
She said they are grown on farms…by farmers…with the help of the rain and sun.
then asked her grandson expectantly, “How would you like to visit one?”
Her grandson thought about the question…thought about the lesson she was teaching too
and came up with the perfect answer…as children are wont to do.
His favorite food was neither fruits nor vegetables…so with all his innocence and charm
He said, “Grandma, I have a better idea. Can we go to a pizza farm?”
Grandma chuckled when she realized her lesson on farming fell so flat…
then smiled as she wondered…why didn’t I ever think of that!
When I think about this story…
I think about childhood innocence and how and where that innocence began.
and I wish all children were allowed to keep that innocence
for as long as they possibly can.
How I wish we could do more to help hungry children,
children in the midst of war…
children who are unwittingly put into the path of harm…
How I wish they only thing these children had to think about
was visiting a pizza farm.
Copyright ©
Jim Yerman
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