Cherish's Book

In January, while Cherish was watching PBS Kids, she saw an advertisement telling about a writers' contest that was underway. The contest winners would be rewarded by having their books published online.

Immediately, Cherish asked if she could enter the writing contest. She said, "I already know what I'm going to write about." She told me about the book she wanted to write and began working on it in her free time.

She wrote and drew. And rewrote and drew....

When she finished her book, she decided to have it typed instead of being hand-written. So, we entered her book onto a Word document. From there she picked the colors of the font for each page, etc. Then, she had to redraw all her pictures.

Talk about a lot of work with a lot of hours invested!

The amazing thing is: she never lost sight of her goal. She wanted to write this book (completely voluntarily), and though it consumed so many of her free hours, she had sticktoitiveness and finished the book.

Here's her book:

Cherish is a first grader. She came up with a goal to write a book, planned it out, and carried it through to completion. Her father and I are SO-O-O proud of her!!!!!

Whether PBS Kids chooses her as a winner or not, she will always be a winner to her father and me! Her book is so very precious to us--as it shows her sweet heart toward her sister and adoption.

God bless her!