For a homework assignment, my little sister, Fiona, wrote an essay about me. Although she hasn’t gotten everything correct (FYI: the part about fixing in parks in San Francisco is not totally true; it was more like a plan that I had and told my sister about, and KC destroys ancient forests, not rainforests), the general drift is—well, incredibly sweet. The original essay also makes effective use of Clip Art, but as documented in previous blogs, I am computer illiterate, and thus wasn’t able figure out how to reproduce the original file here. Anyway, I will just quote the essay for you, and like every older sister, I will insert my comments into her essay with parentheses.

Fiona's Essay:

My sister Renata is the kindest person I know. [Ahhh…] She’s funny and has a great sense of humor. [Double Ahhhh. . .] She also cares about the earth. Renata works for Greenpeace. She also volunteers to fix parks in San Francisco for poor children to play in. Last but not least she is very nice to me and to everyone else. [It’s really easy to idealize someone who’s across the country, in San Francisco, while you’re in Westchester, NY, but, hey, never mind that!] Renata teaches me how to help the earth. [She might be referring to all the times she’s told me that she wants to live in our house, raise dogs, and own SUVs, and I’ve told her that she can raise as many dogs as she wants, and even move into my bedroom, but she may not own any of those monster cars.] She also taught me how to not use Kimberly-Clark products because this company destroys rainforests to make paper products [look at that- a 11 year old gets it]. I admire Renata because she gives herself to help the world!

Isn’t that the nicest? Try telling your sibs about the KC campaign and see what essays they write about you! I'll be away next week, but back in July, and I look forward to telling you about more exciting KC campaign events!