The Acacia Community

by Cassie Nason

To make of his story something that could neither startle, nor shock, nor terrify, nor excite, nor inspire a living soul is to crucify the Son of God afresh.     Dorothy Sayers / Bread and Wine                           

We have two small plastic cups near the window in the 1st grade classroom.  Inside are six small chrysalises hanging suspended from the top of cup.  Days before they were squirming caterpillars, and days from now they will emerge as butterflies.  The kids in the class excitedly sidle up next to the cups, peering in, anxious to see if the “butterflies are ready yet”.  The transformation of caterpillar to butterfly is captivating.   The mystery of something so beautiful emerging from something so ugly and lifeless piques their imaginations.  I can hear it in the kids’ questions, “what’s going on in there?”, “what’s happened to the caterpillars?”, “have they died?”, “why are the butterflies taking so long?”.

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