Eagles and Henry the hen

Hello All,

Well as you all can imagine, this past week has been a rollercoaster of emotions for the Rosmarino family, especially Nanay, Tatay and the manangs. What was such a joy to see was despite the sadness and difficulty of losing grandma, everyone smiled, laughed, joked and loved. As a Christian, we could and can rejoice in that grandma is in heaven now. Saturday afternoon, we had a memorial service for Grandma. Tears were intermixed with laughter as some of the Rosmarino’s told their favorite grandma memories. It was a blessing to learn more about this amazing woman.

            Last week, I had the second graders write a story about an animal adventure. Some were confused by it, some didn’t like the assignment at all and these three loved it. The following are stories by three of my 2^nd grade boys. They just make me smile J Please enjoy! (I have corrected spelling and some grammar)

Boy # 1 – “My story is about an Eagle. Once upon a time, an Eagle was a hero. He saves little birds. He was the king of the birds. One day a hunter went to the forest, to find a bird. When the Eagle heard it, he was not scared. He was going to find the hunter. He asked all the animals where was the hunter? They said he was there. He heard a shot! The hunter had captured a bird! All the animals were scared of the hunter. The Eagle asked all the wild animals to attack the hunter….” I’m pretty sure he would have written more, but I had them stop so we could do math.

Boy # 2 – “A fox was taking care of some hens. He liked one of these hens. He named him Henry the hen. Henry liked to fly. He wanted to be a hero of the American Army. One day the fox died and nobody wanted to take care of Henry because they didn’t like hens. So Henry was alone. One day a pig fell down the waterfalls and almost died. But Henry saved the pig’s life. Then Henry joined the Army, went to war and fought against the dogs. The dogs killed the cats. Henry was mad at the dogs. He wanted to kill the dogs. Henry and the dogs fought and he killed the dogs. Henry had won the war!”

Boy # 3 – “Once upon a time there lived an Eagle who had no family. He was sad. A bird was flying by and saw the Eagle had no family. The bird said to the Eagle, “Do you have a family?” The Eagle told him no. The Bird said he would be his family. The Bird laid five eggs and they all hatched in the morning. Then the Eagle had a lot of family. The Bird was teaching him and the babies how to fly. When the Eagle was sitting in the nest, he saw something in the sky. It was his family! They flew to the nest. They had a party and the Eagle was glad. He has a lot of family. From now on, the Eagle was not sad. He was happy because his family was back. The Eagle was not lost anymore. The Eagle stuck with his family so that he would not be lost.”

            I would like to ask for prayer. I will be on an airplane bound for home in less than three weeks. At times, I am completely comfortable with it, other times I am excited to go home and see everyone, and sometimes, it fills me with anxiety. In these kinds of circumstances, my natural reaction is to shut down emotional, go through the motions detachment. If you would pray that I would not turn to that; that I would be fully, physically and emotional, present over the next 17 days, I would greatly appreciate it.

God bless and much love,

Kelsey