| | Dear Mr. Giles,
This letter is very informal. It's simply a random thought that I'm having right now, after I read your newsletter home about the passing of Alyssa Bartraw. It seems unfair that a child of only the age six must die, but you took it very seriously and taught the kids at school a thing or two.
The letter you sent home was beautiful. I sat here and cried... for what you said, was basically that you had a mini memorial in the gym, with all the kids. How amazing. Kienna came home and declared that she was going to Alyssa's funeral tomorrow. She's going to make a card for Alyssa, and she wants to go to the funeral, because she knows that Alyssa will be in heaven watching her. People who die, never miss the funeral.
So, she's going to make Alyssa a card:
Dear Alyssa,
I'm am writing this note because I wanted to tell you how happy I am for you. My daddy died and he's in heaven. You are so lucky that you get to see him, and he is going to take really good care of you. I drew a picture for you of my daddy and you, sitting on a cloud, eating icecream cones, and you're both looking down on all of us... and you and my daddy are happy that everyone down on earth, are happy too.
Love Kienna Dyer
PS. Give my daddy a kiss.
Okay, so I coached her a bit with the letter, but it was a very therapuetic excercise for the both of us. And she is very proud of herself, because she feels strong. She wants to help. And it's good for her to do that.
So, Mr. Giles, when Kienna came home from school today and told me of the service in the gym... I suddenly remembered that you had the same type of memorial assembly when Kienna's dad died. I'm not sure if Kienna was there that day, but someone told me about it. I guess I feel like I never really got a chance to thank you for that. I was honored the day I heard what you did.
You make a wonderful Principal and I am very happy that my daughter Kienna, has such great role models around her. Mrs. Faulk was a pleasure, Mrs. Hurford is teacing Kienna to read!! And I'm so excited about that. And you're a great principle.
So, in closing, I guess I'll say thank you for what you do. Simple things are some times the lessons that children learn, outside of math and art. Life lessons are part of being a child too. You're doing a great job.
Sincerely,
Brandy Dyer |
| | Posted 10/15/2007 11:10 PM - 199 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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