As Told By Ginger

I am a huge fan of cartoons and I think Nickelodeon airs some of the best animated shows, which though targeted for kids can teach a thing or two to us all.

Here's a poetry, which touched my soul from a show called, "As Told By Ginger"

Ginger is a teenager, who along with her offbeat brother is raised by a single mother.

In the episode from which this poetry comes from, Ginger receives a note from her father that he would come to her poetry recital.

Ginger writes this poetry for her dad, who was never around.

Hello, stranger - you came just in time
I look for your face in a crowd, or in line

Hello, stranger - not a moment too soon
See, that old picture's fading in the drawer of my room

Now toys have gone lost, baby teeth have come loose
There were accidents involving stitches, spilt juice

Report cards were shown, and one time I got sick
But it's nothing I couldn't catch you up on real quick

Hello, stranger - I saved you a place
And it hardly seems strange now that I've seen your face
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Her dad never shows up and she receives a bouquet of Sunflowers from her Dad instead and in the end, she is talking to her mother on the phone, who is hospitalized due to some bizarre circumstances, and Ginger just thanks her mother for the flowers.
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Macy Gray has rendered the theme song of this show, its extremely simple but very profound, see if you can relate.

Someone once told me the grass is much greener
On the other side

And I paid a visit (well, it's possible I missed it)
It seemed different, yet exactly the same

'Til further notice, I'm in-between
From where I'm standing, my grass is green

Someone once told me the grass is much greener
On the other side
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