Lowly Christmas

Subtitle: Superpowers

The Peace of Wild things

by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and children's lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, 

and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.

I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars with their light. 

For a time I rest in the grace of the world, 

and am free.

Lowly Worm is a beloved character in the Richard Scarry books series with a positive attitude and the amazing ability figure things out....even though he only has one foot.

I included him in the remake of a Busytown book I made for two year old Max last year. It was a fabulously fun project...you can read about it here in this post: https://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/2025/03/busytown.html

Since then....Max's mom Emily has texted me Lowly Worm things now and again that make her laugh out loud. Someone actually got a Lowly Worm tattoo and someone else hand crocheted a Lowly Worm scarf. We both love Lowly Worm.

I've decided to do a Lowly Christmas theme for her and Max. Before I thought of the theme...I knew I wanted to make a cape for Max. Doesn't every almost three year old need a cape in his favorite color of orange!

I wanted to tie the cape into the Lowly Christmas theme so I wrote up a little blurb about how Lowly Worm has superpowers even though he only has one foot and the power of his imagination. Now Max can have superpowers too when wears his cape and uses his new magic wand. Is it a stretch? I don't think so. One of Lowly's superpowers is he can s-t-r-e-t-c-h whenever he needs to!

Then this happened....Lowly got his own cape!

It's fun when moments like this can surprise us with delight! 

Here's to a Lowly Christmas...and the superpowers in all of us!