Families of all shapes and sizes

On my very first day two little boys came up to me and told me their daddy's were dead without any prompting whatsoever. Today, after sharing photos of my family with my students, the tiniest girl in my class asked me why my papa was only in some of my photos. I told her it's because I don't see him much since he doesn't live with us all the time. She smiled at me and said "my papa doesn't live with me either, he's in jail." Later in the day I suggested she bring some of her stories to her papa the next time she visits him because her stories are so wonderful. She said it takes her more than a day to travel to her father's prison, so she doesn't get to go too often. She looks to me and says "Ms. Yuen, my papa is going to be in jail for the rest of his life because he did a real bad thing, he took someone's life."

She then went on to finish her story.