I think we default to “all” because it’s too hard to imagine “each.”

Yes, I am still walking with my shoe idea this morning. I walked with it most of the day yesterday.

A, B, C, D, we agree.

All are sizes you can be.

And if you don’t fit these shoes,

there’s a final fit for you.

It’s as if we ran out of ideas after D. And what ever happened to E? Oh, we have supplemented with S, I, and P. But we have largely forgotten the rest of that song we learned long ago as we entered the halls of our education. So many letters to remember, so they gave us a song, but they are the ones who seem to have forgotten their letters.

Okay, I am being a bit flip this morning, but this stuff flips my switch. And the more I think about the need to reach each…well, it just gets me going…to a place I can imagine but fear I–we–will never find because it would likely look drastically different than it does now. We’d need to find room for all those other letters, but even they might not be enough for all the “eaches” we serve. For that we may need a new alphabet.

As I think about the “fits” I have found for some of my kids, I am sure others would be aghast at the shoes upon their feet. But what if Sally needs a Q, then shouldn’t I give her a Q? Yes, it looks markedly different from the B Johnny is wearing, but it’s what fits. And though I may well be sullying the system with such findings and fittings, the shoes fit for now, and I have many in wait (various shapes and sizes) for when they no longer do.

…X, Y, and Z.

Now I recall my A, B, C’s

Won’t you please

find more with me?

Happy Tuesday, all.

Do. Reflect. Do Better.