Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Slice-of-Life Day Fifteen Entries: One Father…One Daughter...







What is it about the service men and women who guard the tomb of the Unknown Soldier? 
by Kevin Alisesky, 5th Grade Parent, Heritage

What is it about the service men and women that guard the tomb of the Unknown Soldier? 
No fanfare.  No glitz.  Same routine.  Over and Over. 
Is it that every guard takes the same amount of steps, clicks and formations?  
Second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour, for months, years and decades.  
Is it that they never stop?  Through snow, hail and hurricanes. 
Is it that they do not do this for themselves, but for others?  
Always for others.  Giving us the constant reminder that we shall never forget.  
Never letting us forget that all we have is because of the Unknown. 
Is it because only an incredibly select few have the honor to guard the Unknown?  
The ultimate honor.  
What is it about the service men and women that guard the tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

Written during the 5th grade parent/child writing marathon.







by Lily A, 5th Grade Heritage
I paint the sky pink, orange, yellow and purple. As I fall below the sea watching the stars appear above me. Knowing that I will rise again at dusk tomorrow. As I sink lower and lower I know that I will rise again tomorrow at dawn. People coming from all around watching me, just watching me rise. As I wrap my arms around the sky changing its normal blue to my famous pink. I smile knowing that I’m making the world more beautiful, then I slowly creep behind the mountain peak.
I am the sunset



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