Crown Jewels

by Daniela López Amézquita from the Bronx, New York

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Todos los días, mientras trabajo, veo la repisa en donde puse "Las joyas de la Corona". Un dinosaurio encontrado en la lavandería, una pelota de beisbol encontrada en Jersey City, una concha de mar que me regaló un querido amigo, una concha de mar que me traje de un viaje familiar y un sello comprado en un museo. Extrañamente no los he perdido después de tantas mudanzas. Mi favorito es el dinosaurio porque me recuerda a Bruno, un alumno que tuve cuando era maestra de kinder. Cuando le preguntaba qué quería ser de grande me decía que quería ser un dinosaurio. Bruno ha de tener como 15 años ya. ¿Seguirá pensando lo mismo?

Every day while I'm working in my home office, I see my "Crown Jewels" shelf. A dinosaur I found in the laundromat, a baseball I found in Jersey City, a shell that a dear friend gave me, a shell that I got on a family trip, and a stamp that I bought in a museum. Oddly, they are still with me after a lot of moves and different apartments. My favorite one is the dinosaur because it reminds me of Bruno, a student of mine when I was a Kindergarten teacher. Each time I asked him what he would like to be when he grows up, he replied that he wanted to be a dinosaur. Bruno is probably 15 now. Would he still think the same?

 
 

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