Tomorrow, along with putting on our 15 minute Christmas spectacular, we must say goodbye to two of our students who will be moving to Texas. I am truly sad to see these two sweet girls (twins) go as are all of their classmates. Today, as a going away gift and reminder of their awesome kindergarten class, we made a book for them in which each student illustrated and completed the sentence "My wish for you is ____." As each student dictated their sentences, there were very nice and common sentiments such as "that you have a fun time," "that you come back and visit," and "that you enjoy the airplane ride." One girl, who is particularly compassionate and close to these girls, took a while to decide what she was going to write. Finally, she indicated that she was ready and in her broken English (Korean is her first language) she explained that her wish was that she could lift up our school and put it in Texas. With a grin on her face, she continued to explain how an airplane could carry it or she could throw it there, but at least we could all still be together. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I do know that those twin girls will always cherish that page in their book.
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