Wednesday, April 20, 2011

A Book in Their Hands

Dear Kololo Cuties,

Did you know that not only do you have family in Los Angeles, but you have family all over the country? If family are the people who love you the most, want the best for you, and would do anything to make your life better, then you have family in Maine, South Carolina, Upstate, Tenne ssee, further Upstate, Massachusetts, Washington, New YorkGeorgia, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wisconsin, and pretty much every other state in the US, and in Canada, France, and the UK.


I wish you could have been there. People were talking about you all night; what you need, how they could help you. Ordinary extraordinary people. Mothers, fathers, readers, writers, artists, and educators.


Your school and library are fully funded, well beyond kindergarten. Tesfa and Ethiopia Reads will break ground in your village as soon as it stops raining, most likely in October.

Get some rest. You are going to need to be at your best to absorb all the new and wondrous things you'll see. Dust off your small hands, you're about to hold your first book.

Don't worry, I'll thank your family for you. It will be my pleasure.

18 comments:

  1. I cried when I read this. Thank you Julie for creating a moment in time I will never forget and for inspiring us all to put books in their hands and a classroom for them to hold those books. What you accomplished goes beyond any words I could write!

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  2. Makes me SO happy! Thank you for all your hard work.

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  3. WOnderful, just wonderful. I saw pics on FB and the event looked amazing. Congrats and thank you for all of your hard work..so inspiring!

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  4. weepy weepy. WONDERFUL! So wish I could have come. So wonderful to see pics and hear about it all.

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  5. Utterly amazing - all of it. Honored to participate!

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  6. Ugly cry. We are all better people for having you in our lives.

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  7. It is and was profoundly amazing and beautiful. As they hold the books, I'll hold them in my heart. Always.

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  8. I'm so happy for these kids--please keep letting us know when/how/where we can help!

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  9. Yay! So very very very happy. Thanks for this Julie.

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  10. So glad to be a part of this. The weekend was so inspiring on so many levels. I think I will be a better mom/person because of it.

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  11. beyond words....my heart is so full of gratitude to you, to God for opening our lives and hearts. this gives me such hope, I just can't tell you truly how amazing I think what you have done here is. hugs.

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  12. This is amazing, Julie, I just got goosebumps!

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  13. Julie- you are AWESOME! Congratulations!! The world is a better place with you in it!

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  14. Amazing and inspiring! I feel so lucky to be part of your community, even from afar!

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  15. So, so wonderful! What a fabulous event you organized, Julie. I wish I could have been there!

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  16. Holy crap is right! Congratulations on pulling all this together and having it be the HUGE success that it is/was. SO awesome. I was happy to be a part of it, if only from Oregon. Very well done. Now go take a nap.

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