Thanks for your kind comments!

It's been such a treat to read your supportive comments on my entry!  Like little Christmas presents--with no plastic packaging or styro peanuts. ;-)

Trashing Through the Snow--Submission for contest

Heartbreaking news in Connecticut.  It's such a helpless feeling, and sometimes all we can do as storytellers and writers is to create something for children everywhere.  This is my offering:

 

 Garbage Truck, Garbage Truck

By Deborah Holt Williams

Trashing through the snow, in a noisy garbage truck,

The bins are hard to empty, with boxes getting stuck.

Crumpled wrapping paper, chunks of Styrofoam,

Packing peanuts everywhere are blown from home to home.

    Oh, garbage truck!  Garbage truck! After Christmas trash.

     Load it in the garbage truck and watch it mash and smash.

    Garbage truck!  Garbage truck! Haul it all away.

    What looked so festive yesterday is now J-U-N-K.

Dried-up wreaths with bows, Lights that didn’t light,

Toys already broken, clothes that got too tight.

The garbage man is tired.  He’s handled lots of stuff.

He wishes folks could see that they already have enough.

          Oh, garbage truck!  Garbage truck! After Christmas trash.

          Load it in the garbage truck and watch it mash and smash.

          Garbage truck!  Garbage truck! Haul it all away.

          What looked so festive yesterday is now J-U-N-K.

The garbage man goes home, and hugs his kids and wife.

They eat and read together, a calm, uncluttered life.

He’s happy with his job, but wishes people knew

That things don’t bring you happiness, but times together do.

        Oh, garbage truck!  Garbage truck! After Christmas trash.

          Load it in the garbage truck and watch it mash and smash.

          Garbage truck!  Garbage truck! Watch it blend and mix.

          So much turns to garbage on December 26.

Completed the PIBOIDMO Challenge!

I finsihed the challenge and came up with 30 picture book ideas in the 30 days of November.  Tara Lazar organized the challenge and it was great to read all her guest bloggers and hear from inpiring writers.  Now, to write the stories!  I love the cartoon she posted today:

   It won't be easy!  Paring writing down and down some more is actually pretty tough. But I'll be joining another challenge--12x12--to come up with 12 finished picture book manuscripts in 2013.