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rch 2009 she is a beauty isn t she these next two were taken with a medium format holga jessica sydney sisters katie and sydney alex brothers alex and jake posted by kim blatter at 11 35 pm 1 comment i believe i had to create an i believe statement and write a paper for my english class i wrote about one student i taught in china whose story i continually think about i believe that love can mend a broken heart her name is emily the first day i saw her i knew she looked different from the others instead of having a head of black hair she had light brown hair instead of almond shaped black eyes hers were larger and hazel the first day of school the eight year olds walked into the classroom and silently stood against the colored cubbies i greeted each child with a smile and told them to sit down at the table six children looked back at me and five timidly began to walk to the table one stayed at the cubby and put her hands to her eyes as tears began to flow what just happened these kids did not speak a word of english and i wasn t even sure what language emily spoke i walked over to her and gently placed her tiny shoulders into the palms of my hands i touched her hands and she vigorously shook her head i then lead her over to the table and sat her down next to me hello hyelooo said the class my name is teacher kim silence with confused faces okay where do i begin i began to look at the name tags that all of the teachers had just given them tyler amy jenna jamie emily i pointed to myself kim then said each name as i pointed to the kids emily stopped crying and looked up at me with tears in her bloodshot eyes my heart melted if only i knew how to communicate with her two weeks later and the children began to respond to me with short phrases the competitiveness of these chinese kids was impressive they would shout vocabulary words louder than others and would grab at me for attention they wanted praise they demanded to be noticed all of them saw each other as a threat and would even push each other away so they could be my only focus well all of them except emily emily would not compete but would instead sit back and clench her fists in frustration a month later and the kids were progressing they could speak sentences and would understand me if i spoke clearly and slowly enough jenna what day is today monday good girl tyler what is your favorite animal tiger nice emily what is your favorite color no she pouted and shook her head okay jamie do you have a brother yes older but as i continued to ask questions around the table my mind was set on emily s inability to speak and it was becoming clear that she did not like english class is it my fault i smiled at her as she looked away and closed her eyes another month passed and the kids continued to improve well everyone except emily everything inside of me told me not to give up but it was hard to make a fool of myself every time i asked her a question and she would scowl i talked to the other teachers and asked what they did with emily they said they just let her sit there they treat her like she isn t there because that is apparently what she wants they said she probably isn t even listening of course she is listening she is isn t she a week passed and i decided to greet each with a hug emily always came in last and would drag her feet with apprehension i would give her an extra hug and send her to the table at first she was reluctant to hug me back but with each passing day she began to be receptive to me and would hold me tighter i did not give up on teaching emily she showed no progression but i could not judge her i did not know what was going on in her head i didn t know what was going on in her life emily where are you from russia she responded and she knows what i am saying russia why are you in china she stared at the table emily why are you in china i just come here with your mommy and daddy no i live with nana she said oh are mommy and daddy in russia no mommy and daddy gone my heart stopped beating it sunk to the bottom of my stomach and slid down to the floor she could feel the pause in the conversation as something more she looked up from the floor and looked into my eyes her eyes held fear and sadness oh emily i immediately wrapped my arms around her she sat stiff but began to let go of herself and she fell into my arms and rested her head on my chest teacher kim i love you one month later emily began to progress ahead of the class she knew english very well and did not need to compete for my attention in class she knew of my love for her because she could feel it and because she could feel it she did not need to try to impress me i loved her no matter what she even called me mommy once the first time she did i just stared back at her i guess she knew all along that i believed in her and i treated her with the respect she deserved the last day in china was difficult to say goodbye to the children emily was the last student i saw i ran up to her and took her into my arms i hugged her and she gave me the lifeless hug that i had gotten when i had first met her i looked at her and she would not look at me in the eyes she walked away without saying anything my heart dropped again like it did when i first found out about the story behind her she had learned to trust me and now i was walking out on her to go back home just another adult who had left her i swept her in my arms and said emily i love you i will always remember you don t forget me she smiled and gave me a hug that i had needed and wanted all along teacher kim i miss you goodbye my eyes began tearing as i walked away i knew that love had given her the hope to move on for such a young child it was unfair for her to have to face so many changes and disappointments but it taught her at a young age that life will be difficult and the only way to move on is with a heart full of love i believe that love can mend a broken heart i believe that love has no boundaries it speaks all languages it can give you the courage to do what you are afraid to do alone it is a support in troubled times love knows more than the human mind can comprehend i believe that love exists when you open your eyes and shut out any doubts love helped me come to know emily because i let it teach me what i couldn t understand at first but was anxious to know all along that growth and progression can only take place when love and trust are first established posted by kim blatter at 9 21 pm 2 comments monday january 25 2010 beware of trees i bought a season pass at grand targhee for 250 what a great deal my friends nate tyler jessica brandon and i decided to go snowboarding last saturday it had been snowing all night in rexburg which means the mountains were getting some serious powder as well i get a text every morning tell me how much snow grand targhee gets i woke up on saturday to a text that they received 16 of new snow we anxiously drove up and awaited the great day ahead of us as we pulled into the resort the entire parking lot was full we had to create our own spot and hike up a little hill to get to the main lift we walked into a winter wonderland with multitudes of people busily walking towards the lifts and around the lodge there were people coming from all over the state to participate in the magic my friend even met a couple from the netherlands who heard of the great conditions the powder was incredible up to mid thigh although it is soft and light powder riding is a lot harder because you have to move your whole body in order to move the board a couple runs down and i see my roommate jessica at the bottom of the hill she asked if i had seen brandon because she had talked to him a little bit ago on the phone and he said he would be right down it had been awhile and she was starting to get worried i told her to let me know if anything happened a run later tyler and i stood in line for the lift and i saw on the white board jess hobbs go to first aid since i was a kid i have always wanted my name to be on that board now that i knew someone whose name is on the board i was not so thrilled reading my roommate s name stopped the beat of my heart we walked over to first aid and i asked the ski patrol where jessica and brandon were they told us how brandon had hit a tree and got a concussion and was rushed in an ambulance to the hospital i immediately called jess and found out that he is okay but had to run some x rays and test and that he had lost some of his memory he didn t remember calling jess she asked me if at the end of the day we could bring her board and his skis and bag down to the hospital i said we could and she said to take our time and enjoy the day because they were going to be doing work on brandon for a while with guilty pleasure i enjoyed one of the most incredible powder days of my life powder gives me an extra boost of confidence because if i fall i will not get hurt so i was exploring new parts of the mountains while riding through the trees i would think of brandon and his sad circumstance and would feel the pang of guilt again i would continually check up on jess and brandon and she assured me that i should continue taking advantage of the snow around three o clock jess called me and told me that brandon s car needed to be taken to the hospital somehow tyler and i were both exhausted so we decided to go to the hospital and get the keys drive back to the resort parking lot and drive his car down for him on the way back from the hospital on the way to brandon s car tyler said he forgot his poles and had to go back to our initial parking spot i couldn t get ahold of nate and hadn t seen him in a couple hours as i was calling nate tyler took the wrong road and we ended up on the cat track two feet deep in powder and his subaru outback was stuck really stuck i called a friend over and after laughing for a good thirty seconds he called his friend with a big truck and hitch to help us out nate finally found us and started digging out the tires of the outback we left the rest of the work up to the truck after three attempts the massive truck pulled out the car we were now on our way to brandon s truck which was parked way up in the upper parking lot we turned corner after corner up this hill in the deep snow we couldn t find his car we check the last place it could be and we see a pile of white it is covered in snow it barely turns on now we have to dig this car out too while nate backs it out tyler and i push with every bit of strength we have we finally get it out and drive to the hospital we walk into the hospital and see brandon and jess his face is swollen and his shoulder has an enormous knot poor kid he was such a champ and didn t complain about the pain one bit the most memorable and one of the most fun snowboarding days of my life i love adventures and although brandon was in a lot of pain and we had to dig cars out in the bitter cold we all had positive attitudes and it made for an enjoyable journey i learned a lot about the advantages and disadvantages of the cold dry deep powder and the sturdy concussion causing trees posted by kim blatter at 2 10 pm no comments wednesday november 25 2009 just what we needed this past weekend we went to beijing we are so lucky to be close enough to visit on a weekend trip i decided to fly with rachel for only 50 more than a train and arrive fourteen hours sooner without having to sleep on a nasty smelling cot haha we were on a flight with all businessmen and i read the paper and felt like i was on a business trip too i forgot i was in china it was a drastic change from how we usually travel where were the lugee hawking 50 year old woman and the smelly squatters ha rachel and i were picked up from the airport by her tour guide and went to the marriot it was so nice to sleep in a warm clean soft bed and shower in a normal shower with no stench in the water haha we slept in late had a continental buffet worked out i got to swim some laps in the pool next to some serious chinese swimmers and trainers and then met up with our other halves lauren and lauren who rode the train then we went to the silk market and dropped a lot of yuan after about 6 hours of shopping and buying coach uggs vans mac true religion pearls jade north face scarves etc you would think we would ve spent a lot we came out spending about 100 we saw the forbidden city an enormous portrait of mao t enamen square the olympic sites had delicious peking duck ate my first salad at hard rock walked through a park with retired people playing poker and doing tai chi dancing and singing and saw a 60 foot buddha it was phenomenal peking duck is prepared so that all the fat is removed and what is left is perfectly crisped skin and dark meat then you dip it in sugar and some soy sauce add some finely chopped cucumbers and radishes and thin crepes to wrap it all up oh and the tour guide said there are ten coldstones in beijing of course we had to go rach found one for us and it was heavenly it tasted exactly like i remembered it we loved seeing the bird s nest and the water cube there was a montage of clips from the opening ceremony of the olympics and it was so inspirational the chinese were so exact it looked almost as if there were thousands of robots i don t know how it was possible for them to be so on cue i remember watching that ceremony and not thinking that i would ever visit the place where it was performed i felt like conquering the world after being there seeing the incredible architecture and watching clips of the athletes sweat and tears the trip boosted my growing appreciation and respect of china realizing i only have about 3 5 weeks left i am starting to cherish more moments and take more pictures i can t believe i will be leaving a place that was once so incredibly foreign smelly strange and now is a place i can feel so much love for and have had some of my most fondest memories i love taking the holts around and seeing their reactions to something that used to be so weird and is for americans pooping babies on the street that s not normal haha it is great having them here we are having a blast making memories in china posted by kim blatter at 3 12 am 2 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom beauty is truth truth beauty john keats about me kim blatter danville ca united states i am originally from the s f bay area i went to china to teach english in 2009 i am graduating in december and plan on moving to the big apple this blog will give a glimpse into my life and the beautiful people and places that inspire me view my complete profile i love photoshop the hills by my house can t get enough of the powder grand targhee ski resort taking a leap summer skin lake tahoe family steps along the beach mexico friends and family hakuna matata called to serve 12 years ago be the change you wish to see in the world abstract 15 years ago katifornia sheer excitement 17 years ago love syd 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