22: Celebrate the Ordinary
“Find a perspective that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.” -Dewitt Jones Lewis Carroll, an author who introduced us to the extraordinary adventures of Alice in Wonderland, coined the term “unbirthday” in his other novel, Through the Looking-Glass. This term was adapted in the Disney animated film where Alice finds herself celebrating her unbirthday — the other days of the year which are not her birthday — with the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. As a child, this was such an interesting concept for me after watching the Disney animated film, as it’s unheard of to have a party for 364 days in a year, plus 1 more for your birthday itself. As I got older, I began to understand that unbirthdays open us up to a new perspective on the way we live day to day because it reminds us to celebrate the ordinary. The past two weeks, the kindergarteners had numerous opportunities to view the way they live from a different lens, and found ways celebrate the ordinary. Celebratin