Our House e-newsletter October & November 2013 | Page 18

In the car, one of the other children asked, “What are you?”
We had ninjas and monsters, but this little girl was still in
her school uniform.
In between asking questions about where we were going
trick-or-treating, the little girl talked about things none of
us would want a six-year-old to have seen. It was clear why
she and her mom and siblings had fled one town and come
to another just a few hours before.
“What do you want to be?” I asked.
“A princess.”

Below: Trick-or-treating in the Our House offices with Little Learners, Superman
Tyler gets candy from „80s Guy (VISTA Leader Jamal Williams).
Right: Alisa & Youth Programs Coordinator Tonya Jones-Isaac watch Zje‟yoni model
her costume in the Our Club costume contest.