My Daughter’s Voice
Sienna, my first born, is 10. She is learning so much about life and recently her best friend moved away; from next door where they coud look at each other from respective bedroom windows to about 20 minutes away. They both had a very hard time with the move, here is Sienna’s voice through a poem she wrote:
Friends Forever
My friend and I used to do everything together
but then a day came that I try not to remember
her house became ugly and small to me
that’s not all
I try to remember that moment so happy and joyful,
but instead it is harsh and painful
friends forever will never come again,
but I still smile every night in bed.
Sienna Sweiven
May 16th, 2006 at 8:32 pm
Sienna is a typical McGriff girl…Wise beyond her years.
Sue
May 17th, 2006 at 4:49 am
And passionate.
May 18th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
Boy, that makes me sad. Dashboard loves his own firstborn so, very much. I can imagine how that makes you feel. God bless your firstborn with a WONDERFUL, new (next) chapter!
That poem is precious.
Your bud,
Dashboard
May 18th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
That is so sweet. Lily and Sienna really do love each other. We’re only twenty minutes away. I remember moving to different states at that age, never to see my friends again; check it out:
Kindergarten- Eureka, UT; Basalt, CO; Eureak UT
1st Grade- Salt lake City, UT
2nd Grade-Sunnyside, UT; Casa Grande, AZ; Questa, NM
3rd Grade- Questa, NM
4th Grade- Quest, NM, Winnemuca, NV
5th-6th Grade- Winnemucca, NV
7th Grade- Winnemucca, NV; Salt Lake City, UT
8th-9th Grade- Salt Lake City, UT
10th-12th Grade- Winnemucca, NV
12th Grade - Elk Grove, CA
12th Grade and Graduation- Winnemucca, NV
May 18th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Dan,
And see how YOU turned out?
Yeah.
YYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH.
May 18th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
Dash, glad you came by…it is precious, I was deeply touched when she read it to us for the first time. I’m so encouraged to see her to begin to express her feelings this way…it is wonderful!
Dan, man I forgot how much you moved…not so for me…funny how twenty minutes is far for them…but it makes sense when they lived so close. We’ll have to work to keep them close!
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