Wish You'd Been There......

Testing the Ice

                           ~By Sharon Robinson

Monday we read a story about dad and

baseball player, Jackie Robinson.  His children

were unaware he was unable to swim.  Yet Jackie

reluctantly summoned the courage to "test" the ice when

they longed to lace up their ice skates one winter day.

Robinson summoned his courage on the field
 as well, at a time when black players were
 not allowed into major league baseball. 

Great discussion, I wish you could
have shared  it all with us on Monday.......

"Why couldn't he play?  That's silly?"  ~Andrew

"Black players couldn't sleep in hotels?

What kind of country was it, anyway?"

                                                 ~Corbin

"I guess Jackie just had to show them."  ~J.J.

"He didn't tell his kids he couldn't swim

That way they would be fearless."  ~Sydney

"If I had been a hotel owner,

Jackie would have been able to stay!"  ~Alivia

"No one should treat someone badly

because their skin color is different

than yours.  It's not right."  ~Kamron

#Priceless