Katie: Diversity Means

Katie entered two pieces in this year's Reflections contest -- a pastel drawing and a poem. Both pieces earned an Award of Excellence and advanced to district. Woo hoo, Katie!

Everyone is Different

Kathryn Damm

No one looks the same,

And that is good.

Some people have blonde hair, some have brown hair, some have black hair.

Some people have light skin,

Some people have dark skin.

No one looks the same,

And that is good.

You shouldn’t make fun of people or laugh at them by the way they look.

You could hurt their feelings and make them so sad.

God created us all differently,

And that is good.

It wouldn’t be fun if we were all the same.

We would get bored if we looked and acted the same.

We all have different gifts from God,

And that is good.

Some people have the gift of being good at art.

Some have the gift of being kind.

Some have the gift of singing and dancing.

Some have the gift of being brave.

Some have the gift of sewing.

Some have the gift of being a compassionate teacher.

Everyone is different,

And that is good.

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Katie's drawing is titled "Winter Spring Summer Fall" and shows all four seasons in one image. Here's a photo from her process.

And the final product: