• Gratitude is Universal.  

    February 20, 2018
  • Little steps lead to big victories: New beginnings are universal. This is Sasha. He is a sweet little 5 year old boy and one of my company’s newest ESL students. I’ve been tutoring him and his brother Nikita, 3 times a week, for the last month. It’s been a real pleasure getting to know this family.
    Experience has taught me that wanting what’s best for our children is universal. They just arrived in the U.S. last month from Russia, and I admire how diligently both boys are working to learn our English language, numbers, words, & customs/holidays.
    Today for the first time: Sasha was able to independently and from memory, write and say his numbers 1 through10, as well as write and say most of the alphabet in English. This is a big victory for such a little person. He was so proud of himself! No words were needed for me to understand what that smile on his face meant. Hope is universal. I gave him a high five and said “good job” in Russian “отличная работа” and then again in English.
    We ended our session and he brought me a handful of snowflakes that he’d cut out just for me. Then he hugged me and said “Спасибо” and “thank you” in English- just as I’d modeled for him so many times. Kindness is universal. I’m feeling so blessed for all the opportunities my company affords me- for the chance to help others on their own journey.
    Gratitude is universal.
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