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826CHI Volunteer Photo Book: My World Project - Part 3: SMELLING THE ROSES

I really wish this woman would move up. “Ouch!” That was my toe. “Sorry, did I step on your foot?”“Oh no, I’m fine, thanks.”I’m so hungry. I hope Mom made some food. Wow, the light is beautiful. I love summer. It lifts my spirits. Life moves too fast. I wish people just stopped once in a while, stopped to appreciate things – life, their own lives, the lives of others.It’s all about going to school to get into a better school to get a good job to make money to be happy. Why can’t we just slow down and take some time to smell the roses – or the smelly guy behind me?
SMELLING THE ROSES, Photo and Story by Rebekah Ward



I really wish this woman would move up.

“Ouch!” That was my toe.

“Sorry, did I step on your foot?”

“Oh no, I’m fine, thanks.”

I’m so hungry. I hope Mom made some food.

Wow, the light is beautiful. I love summer. It lifts my spirits. Life moves too fast. I wish people just stopped once in a while, stopped to appreciate things – life, their own lives, the lives of others.

It’s all about going to school to get into a better school to get a good job to make money to be happy. Why can’t we just slow down and take some time to smell the roses – or the smelly guy behind me?