Unicorns are Real!

  A GIRL FLYING A PAPER PLANE One day I was strolling and I saw a girl Flying a paper plane was this girl with a curl She was hoping it would not rain So that would not ruin her paper plane The girl aimed for the sky with all her might Plane flew very high and went out of her sight The paper plane flew afar with the breeze And landed in the home of many many bees The girl was disappointed and didn’t know what to do Then her friend came to her and helped her make a new The girl with a curl was very pleased She told her friend to play if he wished They both started flying paper planes together It was so fun they wished to play forever!   -         ANAYA SHETH

Letter given to Anaya on her birthday: Our precious child,   You were our love at first sight.   We always wanted a daughter and there you were. 8 years ago. Perfect tiny human. From that moment, you had a sparkle in your eyes. Looking all around with your big eyes. Till now, you are still the same grasping everything around you with a sparkle in your eyes. Your daddy and I are so grateful to have watched you grown into this beautiful, intelligent, imaginative, strong, argumentative, determined and smart young girl. You are everything we had always hoped for and much more. We would never be able to tell you how much we love you because no words are enough for that. We both are insanely proud of you, baby. We are happy that you are becoming independent. You are a voracious reader and you writing skills are out of this world. You have beautiful imagination. You tell the best jokes and the most fascinating facts. You sometimes blow us over with your wisdom. You are kind a...