Thank you for this experience. This European adventure is only possible with you and friendships you made even before I was born. I learned about how kind and observant and willing and fun dad is all over again. I learned how much I miss you! I learned that being sixteen is fun and exciting:) I love you, from New York.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Help is a great book for young adults and mature teenagers. It is education, funny and insightful. It is 444 pages, but a definite page turner. I rated it 5-stars because it is such a great book. It is basically about how unfairly African-Americans were treated in the 1950s and 60s. It changes perspective about every chapter, but it's fairly easy to follow along. It is from the point of view of 3 women from Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960's. Aibileen, Minny and Miss Skeeter are the narrators. I thought it was unique that it had more than one narrator and it allowed you to understand the story much better. Aibileen (my favorite character) is a black women who is "the Help" to Miss Leefolt. She is kind, wise and smart. Throughout the story she develops a strong bond between Miss Leefolt's little girl, Mae Mobley. Miss Leefolt is very strict and rather oblivious to Mae Mobley. She doesn't really know how to raise her, so Aibil...
Golda, you're so sweet. I am so excited for you and Ruby, I can't stand it! The NY trip with Dad sounds amazing, and now you get to go off on another adventure. Have a great time in Iceland. hee hee. I can't believe you are going through there! Catherine will be waiting for you outside your terminal. Just look and wait. Don't worry. She will find you. You'll have an amazing time. Love you! Proud of you!
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