Brother Blue

By Gene Monterastelli

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Day 5: The People In My Family – Empower The Philippines

May 6, 2014 by Gene 2 Comments

Today I worked with a group of kids. We asked them to draw pictures of their family. An 11-year-old girl asked if it was OK if she drew something that symbolized each member of her family.

Of course.

I breaks my heart that I messed this photo up. In my rush to take photos of all the kids and their drawings I cut off the part of her drawing that was her father.

Her description of each part:

Father (cut off): Brick Wall – “He is strong and sturdy.”
Mother: Street Light – “Love and our guiding light.”
Baby Brother: Toys – “He brings our family joy.”
Little Sister: Growing Tree – “Still has so much growing to do.”
Me: Diary – “I have lots of thoughts and feelings inside of me.”

Yeah, that all came from an 11-year-old.

Here are a few other fun photos from the kids today.

Filed Under: Philippines

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Comments

  1. Ange says

    May 6, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    What a holy experience, to share this pain, this bountiful expression of their world and also this healing.

    Reply
  2. Miriam says

    May 7, 2014 at 2:15 am

    Gene, great of you to visit my country! If only I could personally meet you. . . .

    Reply

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