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Today, I actually had fun in school. Remi and I got to work on a social studies project together. It was a scavenger hunt where we had to solve a bunch of riddles about the different countries and continents to find where Carmen Sandiego was hiding. He was making all kinds of jokes. Like did you know there's a country in Africa called Djibouti? Remi kept calling it - DJ Booty - haha. Ms. Howard took a picture of us with her polaroid camera. Pretty neat huh? I'm glad we're fri

Today, Remi and I were playing in the woods in our usual spot and we saw a baby deer! I did a really quick sketch before she ran away. Remi says I'm really good at drawing. And maybe I could be a real artist some day. But my mom thinks I should go to medical school and become a doctor instead. She said we didn't come to this country so I could be a starving artist. And that I can always do it as a hobby. I don't want her to think I'm not grateful. Remi said his dad is always

Today was a really bad day. I don't want to talk about it but I think I messed up big time. My mom could tell I was upset. She just told me big girls don't cry and that whatever it was, it was probably just my karma and I should just get over it. Like I deserve it or something. But that's the thing. Nothing bad happened to me. Instead, I did something bad. And I don't know how to take it back. And I'm worried I ruined everything forever. Remi said it was okay. And that it was