Dear Tía Rosa,

Thank you for the journal you sent for my birthday. The cover is green, my favorite color, and it has a tiny lock and key.

I write in my journal every night before bed. Last night, I wrote about our class trip to the aquarium. I touched a starfish in the touch tank. It felt rough, like the bottom of a shoe!

Mom says that when you visit us in July, I can read you some pages. But not the pages about my little brother. Those are secret!

Love, Valeria