What does Independence mean to you? by Edith Moses https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c CCH Community Collage on freedom, choice, liberty, justice... en-us 2021-06-30 00:47:47 UTC 2025-06-19 13:51:56 UTC hello@padlet.com emoses13 https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1630811144 2021-06-30 00:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1630811144 https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639073514 2021-07-06 17:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639073514 https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639073966 2021-07-06 17:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639073966 emoses13 https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639096852 2021-07-06 17:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639096852 https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639137051 2021-07-06 18:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639137051 https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639137357 2021-07-06 18:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1639137357 https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1640914081 Lotus Festival, by Barbara Romain ]]> 2021-07-07 22:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1640914081 Butterflies https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1649779442 When I was in third grade we were asked to write a poem of anything we wanted. I remember hearing everyone rhyme and I loved the idea, so I went on with writing my poem and thought about my cousin who had recently passed and how everyone talked about butterflies being her favorite. So I started 
There once was a beautiful Butterfly 
who was afraid to fly,
Do not cry Butterfly
I will help you try.
So the Butterfly learned to fly,
And I have started to cry.
Butterfly, Butterfly, 
Can't you see? Like you, 
I want to be Free.
Keep in mind I was IN THE THIRD GRADE 
And I was accused of copying someone because they decided to copy me. And the teachers had us stand in front of them and without our papers we had to recite our poem and proudly I stood and recited it perfectly. They were amazed and now I know why. I was freely expressing myself through art and I loved it. Now I know, expressing yourself is freedom to be who you want to be.🦋🦋🦋]]> 2021-07-14 18:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1649779442 emoses13 https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1656191797 2021-07-20 18:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1656191797 emoses13 https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1656295014 2021-07-20 21:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emoses13/khdn147oyxea75c/wish/1656295014