Welcome, bienvenidos to The Daily Elena, a podcast where I'll be sharing stories of people who are first-generation in the United States, in college, or in the workforce. Spaces where being first-generation can be both difficult and exciting to navigate. In today's bonus episode, you'll be hearing a message about kindness from one of my nieces, Allie. Allie is in fourth grade, and she is so excited to share this message with you.
But before we get into this message, we'll first get to know her a little bit more. Allie, this is an icebreaker question. Why don't you tell us what's bringing you joy today? What's bringing me joy today is that I can spend time with my tia, Elena, and that she brings really joy to me, and she helps me with a lot of stuff.
And Allie, I have a second icebreaker question for you. Can you tell me what makes you uniquely you? The thing that makes me uniquely me is that I really like writing, and some people really don't. That makes me unique.
And also, I really like playing instruments. They're probably one of my top favorites. I really like playing the recording. I'm still learning it, though, thanks to my teacher, Mr.
Ross. And I think you also play in the church group? Yeah, in choir. I really like my name.
She's really, really sweet, and she encourages us to read for a summer. It's like where you sing, and then people read, and then we sing again, and then people read. It's like three or four, but sometimes we don't really sing. Sometimes when it's a funeral, we don't really sing.
There's two weeks of us and two weeks of the other group, so we get breaks. And we have time to practice, and we practice on Wednesdays. Okay, yeah, I think that definitely is unique about you, that you do all these different things, like writing, and you are talented with instruments, and you sing, too. Oh, yeah, and I also really like us spending time with my cousins.
They're really fun. Jillian's teaching me how to crochet. Ooh, yeah, we had Jillian on the podcast, too. Yeah, well, thank you so much for sharing the things that make you unique.
And like I had mentioned earlier, my niece, Allie, wants to share a special message for our listeners, or maybe listeners who have younger kids that maybe are around her age. And this message is on the importance of kindness. So, Allie, why don't you share your message with us today? Okay.
So, my message is, one time I got bullied, she was pulling my hair a lot of times, but I just kept being nice and nice to her, so that we can be friends. She's been nice in third grade, but in fourth grade, she has changed a lot, like really a lot. She's been being nice to me, and we've been friends ever since fourth grade, but like, yeah. What does kindness look like?
The kindness looks like you can smile at people, you can help like a homeless person or something, you can give them like money or food, and you can also wave goodbye or hi. And that makes them smile, and that makes them just have a good day. And there's also a book that Allie has mentioned that helped her in navigating bullying and understanding the importance of kindness. So, for the recommendations for this special episode, Allie is going to share what that book is.
The book is Dork. I really like this book. I found it in fourth grade. The book is about a girl named Brianna.
She really likes her sister, but her sister usually, like, she makes frustrating. She's like a little crazy, but in the book, there's like a bully, and there's a girl that became friends with Brianna, and the friend taught her how to be nice to other people, even though there's a bullying guilt. And you recommend this book to our listeners? Yes, I really recommend them if they want to read it.
I'm not forcing you to. You can just read it if you want to. Awesome. Thank you, Allie.
Thank you for tuning into this bonus episode of The Daily Elena. I hope you enjoyed this short message on what kindness is, and I hope you can reflect on how you'll be using kindness in your own life. And thank you for tuning in. It has been a pleasure bringing you this story today.