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Monday, December 16, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
5 Years/16 Months: Your Mother is Amazing!
Ok,
So last I wrote to the two of you I ended up by talking about how amazing your mother is, well I can't help but write about that again. Now, academic "success" does not necessarily mean anything, but when your mother is inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha (The National Political Science Honor Society) all the while she's juggling taking care of the two of you and doing all the cooking and much of the cleaning at home, it is nothing short of AMAZING!
So last I wrote to the two of you I ended up by talking about how amazing your mother is, well I can't help but write about that again. Now, academic "success" does not necessarily mean anything, but when your mother is inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha (The National Political Science Honor Society) all the while she's juggling taking care of the two of you and doing all the cooking and much of the cleaning at home, it is nothing short of AMAZING!
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
5 Years/15 Months: Learning with/from O & Salma
Hi little man,
I'm sorry I wasn't on top of your learning until recently, and only then after some prodding by your mother - who knows a thing or to about education as the daughter of a teacher. But thankfully, I'm on the right track now, and boy is it so much fun to teach you to read! It certainly helps that you are so bright and pick things up so quickly. But even if you didn't, to see your eyes and brain working in real time is quite a sight. I hope your mother and I can provide you with not only the academic skills you need to succeed but the skills you don't learn in a classroom but at the kitchen table and while walking to school, and just living life. How to respectful and generous. Attributes your mother has, a reason why I love her so much.
As for you Salma Llama, I see how intently you listen when I teach you things like nose, ears, eyes, bellybutton (important to know right?), and it is equally amazing to see you learn.
I love the two of you so much and only hope you both know how much I do. I know you both love each other and find it so beautiful when the two of you are sitting snug up against each other on the sofa watching tv, or when O is eager to run into the room and play with you on the bed when you just wake up. I hope the two of you always are close to each other and look out for one another.
Lastly, I hope the two of you know how hard your mother is working now in graduate school. I don't know how she does it but in addition to taking O to school and after school activities, cooking, cleaning, and taking care of Salma, she some how manages to do amazing in school as well. Never mind she pushing me for least amount of sleep among the four of us, she finds a way to get things done, and done real well. A great example for the two of you to witness, and especially you Salma as a woman in this society where a glass ceiling is sadly the state of affairs for women, regardless of qualification.
Take care and talk/write soon.
Love,
Pa/Chester (what O calls me)
I'm sorry I wasn't on top of your learning until recently, and only then after some prodding by your mother - who knows a thing or to about education as the daughter of a teacher. But thankfully, I'm on the right track now, and boy is it so much fun to teach you to read! It certainly helps that you are so bright and pick things up so quickly. But even if you didn't, to see your eyes and brain working in real time is quite a sight. I hope your mother and I can provide you with not only the academic skills you need to succeed but the skills you don't learn in a classroom but at the kitchen table and while walking to school, and just living life. How to respectful and generous. Attributes your mother has, a reason why I love her so much.
As for you Salma Llama, I see how intently you listen when I teach you things like nose, ears, eyes, bellybutton (important to know right?), and it is equally amazing to see you learn.
I love the two of you so much and only hope you both know how much I do. I know you both love each other and find it so beautiful when the two of you are sitting snug up against each other on the sofa watching tv, or when O is eager to run into the room and play with you on the bed when you just wake up. I hope the two of you always are close to each other and look out for one another.
Lastly, I hope the two of you know how hard your mother is working now in graduate school. I don't know how she does it but in addition to taking O to school and after school activities, cooking, cleaning, and taking care of Salma, she some how manages to do amazing in school as well. Never mind she pushing me for least amount of sleep among the four of us, she finds a way to get things done, and done real well. A great example for the two of you to witness, and especially you Salma as a woman in this society where a glass ceiling is sadly the state of affairs for women, regardless of qualification.
Take care and talk/write soon.
Love,
Pa/Chester (what O calls me)
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