Mixed Nuts: Finley's Scary Story

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Finley's Scary Story

Don't get nervous. Nothing scary happened to Finley. She wrote a scary story, and today she got to read it.

The back story is - A local bookstore in a neighboring town does an annual scary story contest where kids from grades 1-6 can submit a story. Finley's teacher emailed the other day and said that several kids had written great stories and she wanted to send them in to the contest. It wasn't limited to our school district - it could be any one.

There were 150 entries, and they chose 9 stories from those. 3 from grades 1-2, 3 from grades 3-4, and 3 from grades 5-6. Finley one FIRST PLACE in the 1-2 grade stories! We were really excited and so was she. She LOVES to write. Her teacher tells us that many times she uses Finley's stories as examples for the class, or puts them on their "wall of fame".

The teacher enlarged the story for her so Finley could see it, and that seemed to work very well. Finley was really nervous, but had an agreement with her teacher that if she got too nervous, Mrs. H would come up and help her. So that helped a lot.

I missed the beginning of her story on video because as soon as I got her on the stool at the podium, she started to read.

Just so you know - she is wearing her Halloween costume. All the kids were told they could wear them if they wanted.

For winning the contest, she got a certificate, a bag of goodies (which she couldn't wait to get into), and a $20 gift card to use at the bookstore (which she used before we even left). Then Mat and I got her a My Little Pony doll she had been craving, and her teacher got her a notebook and a Skeleton pen. She had a good day.

We took a few pictures - enjoy!

Finley starting her reading:

This is Finley's teacher. Finley adores her. After today - she has gained about 1000 points in our book:

This little cutie is in Finley's class and was the third place winner. So cool that there were two winners out of one class considering all the entries! Finley said she and little "C" are becoming good friends. Glad she has another buddy who loves to write:

Finley's certificate:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: 10-27-13

Wow, wonderful story Finley! What a great imagination you have! I love your voice, it is so beautiful!

Have a happy Halloween and I am so happy you won!

Shayla M.; October 27, 2013 at 10:38 PM
Anonymous said...: P.S. please visit (Shayla's Space For Sight Stuff) on my Facebook page for a video titled
''Response to Halloween!''

That way your Family can hear what I sound like too :)

Finley has such a pretty voice!; October 27, 2013 at 10:59 PM