"My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky" are the opening lines in My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold by William Wordsworth, in which he depicts the excitement of childhood and how you should never let that excitement die, and also to always worship nature. This short little lyric made me remember Relay for Life last year when we played with a giant parachute part way through the night, or this year when we played tug o' war and had potato sack races. Around the time we read this poem, I went walking down by Skaha beach with a friend and we sat on the swings and had swinging contests, just like when we were children. Even now that I am a young woman heading off to university next fall, whenever I see a rainbow, especially a double rainbow, or a cute puppy, I get excited, just as I did in my childhood!
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