This Thursday and Friday are conferences here at our school. The parent’s organization has set up a book fair in the lobby of the school and I got caught by a book as I walked through this morning. It was a deceptively sweet looking picture book with a slightly kooky title: 15 Cows for America. I walked past the table and saw that our admissions director was weeping as she read it. So of course I picked up one of the copies. It was a straightforward story, told in clear, simple prose. A young Masi man returns home after studying medicine in the United States. The events of 9/11 are in recent past and the young man tells the Masi what happened. They are moved and make a gift to the people of the United States. The line at the end of the book brought tears to my eyes:
“Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded.
Nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort.”
-from 14 cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomh
We are so connected to each other, even without the Internet, here on our violent blue jewel.
Hi Katie-I saw that book & didn't even think about writing a 'slice' about it. Good for you for sharing with everyone. It feels good to know that many do what they can to offer comfort.
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