For the sake of some writing exercises, Tiffany and Odelia are required to write a few pieces of journals each week. To make it fun, they create their own journals and they love making it! They can write about anything, unless we have a special trip that week and they are required to write about it.

After they finish their journal pieces, I will try my best to write a few comments on each one. You know, comments more than just “OK” or “good work”. From my childhood experience, if the teacher was willing to write sentences of comments on my journals, I would pour my heart into the journals, and shared my ideas and feelings with my teacher through them. I am really glad that I can have the privilege to share my daughters’ journals, a place to look into their hearts and communicate with them.

With my daughters’s permission, I am able to share the following two pieces with you. The first piece was by Odelia last year.

Pets

One snowy day in winter, we walked passed a pet shop when I cried ’’How cute is that kitten!”
“You want it?” asked mom.
“Yes!” I exclaimed.
So, we went inside. Mom REALLY bought me the kitten. I was VERY EXCITED. I was too excited that I jumped up and down while mom paid the shopkeeper. I was so happy! I said, ”THANKS MOM! Thank you.” Then we drove home.
This story is not true.

The funniest part to me and my husband is the very last sentence “This story is not true.” We know how she really wish to have some pets with fur, and how cute it is that she expressed it in a story format. However, we can only say sorry to her that a pet like that is just not for our family right now…

And this following poem was written by Tiffany in her journal last year.

My Mother

Mother, you are precious,
The food you cook are delicious.
Mother, oh Mother,
Thank you for all your kindness.
Mother, Oh precious Mother,
You work very hard,
To bring our lives into the world.
Mother, you are such a wonderful blessing,
Whom God our Saviour had given us.
Mother, oh Mother,
I don’t know how I could ever thank you,
For all your kindness to me.
Mother, Oh Mother,
I love you very much.
Mother, I tell you once more,
That I love you very much.

How sweet!