Kate is a budding reporter. She wrote her own newspaper article, complete with picture and delivered it to me rolled up and secured with a rubber band. I thought I was going to cry when I read it. Here is what it says (with the spelling VERY corrected):
The dads will fight in Iraq with bad guys. The moms and children will be worried about them for a while. 1 year is pretty long for a dad to be gone actually for every one to be gone for one year now that is a long time. See you next time. Goodbye. (There is a picture of two people sword fighting to go along with this)
On the other side of the newspaper is a similar story (again spelling corrected - this kid needs a proofreader!):
The dads are going to Iraq for a year. The moms and dads and children will miss them. It has to go that way. The dads are gone right now. It is sad for everyone. In 2 years the dads will return forever and ever. It is happy for everyone and the dads will come back with their kids and wife.
Monday, July 14, 2008
This made me want to cry...
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That is so sweet; little perspectives captured. Do you have a scanner? You could scan it in and post it that way.
Kate has it in a nutshell, doesn't she! Wish everyone could read it.
Grandpa and Grandma W.
I wish I could scan it, but she wrote it on a poster sized paper and she also switched from very dark red crayon to very light pencil (on a cream colored paper). I don't think it would scan well :( I will be keeping it though to add to her "memory box". I'm sure she'll appreciate reading it again when she's older.
Wow! I am close to crying at work. She is a very smart girl. She puts it so simple and so true.
I always have tears in my eyes when I see how these deployments affect kids. How much do these little souls have to bear? Nobody who hasn't been thru this can even imagine. Hugs to all of you.
Birgit
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