Last night my sister Sharon sent me a picture of her daughter Rachel's Red Ribbon Week essay. I remember having Red Ribbon Week back when I was in elementary school. I wonder if they still pass out actual red ribbons that say "Drug Free and Proud" in gold letters? Anyway, I thought Rachel's essay was adorable, so I asked Sharon if I could put it on my blog.
Today I pledge to stay drug free so when I grow up I can be a:
mom so I can have children to tace ciru (take care of). I can feed children. And put children to bed. And take children to school. Help with homewore.
Rachel is six and in 1st grade, by the way. I thought she did a great job on her essay. I love children and the fact that Rach wrote about wanting to be a mom and care for her children warmed my heart. I loved her phonetic spelling and oversized periods, too! I hope Rachel (and all of the other six and seven-year-olds in her class and throughout the country) can remember the pledge they took and the essay they wrote when temptation comes knocking in the not too distant future.
1 comments:
Hi Heather,
This is lovely. I love what Rachel has written & especially the large fullstops.:) (periods)
I've kept quite a few of the things that my niece & nephew kept at that age & it's so nice to look back on. In-fact I've kept the items in my own memory books.
I've never heard of Red Ribbon week before. Actually, I found Rachel's Red Ribbon Week really hard to say in my head without getting the words twisted up.:)
Well done to Rachel & thank you for sharing this with us.
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