Username:SkySmoke
Kia's Gender:Female
Kia's name:Saga
An object or symbol of importance:Her notebooks
Why:When she was younger Saga was a very chatty kiamara. She was constantly talking to anyone who would listen about absolutely anything. At first people found it charming. I mean, who can resist a well spoken child who wants to carry on a conversation? When she started school she made friends easily at first. She was the girl everyone wanted to play with and she loved being the center of attention. But then things started to change. Adults grew tired of listening to her stories and answering her questions. They would shoo her away or give her things to do to keep her busy. Kids at school stopped playing with her, saying she talked too much and never let anyone else have a turn making up games.
She will never forget the day she got her first notebook.
It was after school and she was in her room crying. Her mom came in and for the first time her normally chatty little girl was quiet. She heard her sniffling softly.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't want to talk anymore."
"Well why not?"
"Because. No one wants to listen. Even you and daddy. I try to tell you stories, or ask questions, and you tell me to go play, or give me chores. I don't have any friends at school anymore...they all say I never shut up. Everyone used to love my stories. I love telling them. I don't know what I did wrong..but I don't want to talk anymore. Maybe then people will like me."
Her mom thought for a moment before answering.
"It's not that no one wants to listen Saga, its that no one wants to listen ALL the time. You know how you like telling stories? Or making up games? Well, sometimes other people enjoy it too. But if you are always the one who is doing the story telling, then no one else gets the chance. You have an amazing imagination, and it would really be a waste if you stopped talking or telling your stories."
"I don't want to anymore...I want to have friends. And how am I supposed to know when I can tell a story and when I can't?"
"You will learn. I have an idea. Wait right here."
A few minutes later her mom came walking into the room carrying a notebook and a box of pens.
"This can be your story book. You can write all of your stories in here. Anything you want. And, if you want me to read them, I will. I can even write back if you want."
"Really? You would read them all?"
"Yes. Every single one. You just give it to me when you want me to read them and I will take the time to read them all. And in the mean time, at school, try to think of the book when you want to tell a story or make up a game. Tell your friends you have an idea and ask if they want to hear it. If they don't, just save it to put in the book later. That way, you still get to tell your stories, but everyone doesn't have to listen all the time."
Saga smiled and jumped into her mothers arms as she clung the notebook to her chest.
"Thanks mom."
The notebooks continued to be a form of communication between Saga and her mother her entire life. As a child, she wrote stories and her mom faithfully read and responded to every single one. As she became a teenager, they became more of a diary. She would write about things she wasn't comfortable talking about. She would ask her mom questions and her mom still read and responded to everything. Towards the end of high school they morphed into books of letters back and forth to each other. Saga still wrote stories, and sometimes poems. Her mom would recall stories of her youth and give Saga advice. Saga has kept every single notebook she's ever had and reads over them often. She still writes, but since her mom has passed there is no one to write back. Her dream is to one day find someone she is comfortable sharing her notebooks with.