One Last Breath

A Story By LD, Age 13

As the last life-boat is being lowered, I know I'm not going to make it to the boat in time with my 2-month-old son. I have been parted from my husband of 10 months, in the crowd of frantic people scared to die. But I'm trusting God with my life as well as my family. I want to think the brightest that the love of my life will live and we can be together until our real time comes to leave this world, and I am not afraid to do so.

As I run to the tilting rail where the life-boat is just feet from hitting the water, I know I do not have much time. I begin to cry as I tuck $200, my gold wedding rings, and my will into his blanket that I pray is keeping him warm. I ask the women in the last boat to catch my baby as I painfully give him up to save his life. I remember a photograph of me and his father that I always kept in my pocket, and I quickly write on the back: I will love you forever, remember me by my love and your father by looking in your eyes, Mum. I tuck that in his blanket along with the other items, kiss him for what seems like the last time and finally give him up for his sake.

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A Princess Finds Her Prince

By EM-Age 5

Once upon a time, there was a princess, whose name was Alice. She lived in a castle with five kittens and a dog. She had a sister named Lucy, and another sister named Alison, and she loved them a whole lot.  They loved to play hide-and-seek and play outside with their mother. The Queen said, "It's time to go in." And the girls said, "Ok." So the Queen made lunch, and they had peanut butter and jelly and they had chips and all kinds of good stuff. Then they took a walk. They walked up and down the street, they walked  and walked until they found a prince for each one of them. And they said, "Will you marry us"? And they said, "Yes." So they went to the castle and they got married. And lived happily ever after.

The End