Mar 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Samaira’s Surprise
Samaira loved everything about her grandmother’s generation: the cars, the fashions, the foods, the music, the literature, and the dances. Each Saturday, Samaira and her grandmother would sing songs her grandmother recalled from her youth. They pored over recipes Samaira’s grandmother used to cook with HER grandmother.
Grandma taught Samaira the waltz, the foxtrot, and polka. Samaira’s favourite thing was playing dress up with the wonderful, old dresses that had belonged to her grandmother when she was a girl. She loved it when her grandfather told her she looked just like the girl he had fallen in love with fifty years before. Samaira’s grandparents were celebrating their fiftieth anniversary.
Samaira and her parents had a great surprise for them. A limousine picked them up and brought them to the surprise party. The recipes Samaira and her grandmother had studied were served. The music included the songs Grandma had taught.
Just before the cake was served, the song that had been played at grandma and grandpa’s wedding began to play. Samaira and her dad swung onto the dance floor in the wedding clothes her grandparents had worn. They waltzed around the floor and then Samaira asked her grandfather to dance while her dad twirled his mother onto the dance floor.
The final surprise came when the family rolled their gift onto the ballroom floor. It was Grandpa’s old car in which he had courted his wife. Samaira’s dad and a friend had reconditioned the antique so it was just like new. As the car came into view, perched atop the fender was their granddaughter in her Grandma’s going away outfit. Cameras flashed as Samaira struck a pose.
There were tears in her grandparents’ eyes as they stared at their piece of history come to life.
Feb 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Aaleahya – The Dreamer
Little Aaleahya was always considered to be a dreamer; she told many stories to her friends at school and even to her family. She was an only child and as a result she spent most of her time playing with her dolls and wondering what it would be like to finally get to the place she always dreamt of called Fairyland. This is where she saw the beautiful stars which lit up the sky, a garden filled with flowers and birds. It was a beautiful place but all in her dreams.
One night Aaleahya went to bed early; she was exhausted from playing the whole time that day at school; then suddenly she went off to her favourite place Fairyland. She crept out of bed while her parents were asleep, went through the window where the magical elves carried her on their backs and into the beautiful forest. The moon wasn’t full that night, it more looked like a big smile turned sideways she thought. The sky was beautiful, filled with stars, some brighter and some even felt closer to her. She was dressed in her favourite blue tights and her white sweater. She also had on her pink shoes and hugged her teddy which she carried to bed every night. She began her travel into Fairyland where she met her favorite bunny Billy. “Hey Billy, why are you not sleeping?” she asked. “Well I knew you were coming and I wanted to keep you company” he said with a smile. They started walking through the land and they stopped and picked a few apples from a tree, then she heard, “Aaleahya! Aaleahya!”
By this time Aaleahya was dreaming away in Fairyland but the voice she heard was coming from her mom. She woke up and realised Aaleahya was not in bed.
”Aaleahya, Aaleahya!” she shouted and ran downstairs to see if she was watching television. However she was nowhere to be found. Oh no, where could she be, her mother thought to herself with a worried look on her face; then she saw that the front door was opened. She ran outside quickly, looked around and there she was sleeping peacefully in the garden on the bench with her bunny hanging down almost to the floor. “Whew, you had me worried, must have been sleep walking again”, said her mom as she whispered a sigh of relief. She slowly lifted Aaleahya off the chair. ”Mommy, I was in Fairyland and I saw Billy”, said Aaleahya with a sleepy voice. ”I bet you were, sorry Aaleahya but you were just sleep walking again, I found you on in the garden on the bench” her mom said. Oh no, it felt so real she thought. Aaleahya smiled as her mom took her up and carried her back to bed.
