HOW PORTE BONHEUR WAS BORN

Do you remember when I told you about that fairytale dedicated to Porte-Bonheur, the association of which Louis is ambassador and volunteer? Well, here it is! It was written by me. Enjoy it!

On that evening Sacha, Simon and Camille asked their father to tell them a fairytale before going to sleep…

“Daddy, daddy, please! Tell us a new story!” Romain Grosjean thought a bit about it and then the story started…

Once upon a time there was a prosperous kingdom in which justice and peace reigned, thanks to King Jean-Denis and his wife, Queen Anne, who were loved and popular among people. There was only a problem: they struggled to have a child.

But in an hot afternoon of July Anne, while she was walking close to a lake, met a frog who told her: “My dear Queen, you are going to give birth to a baby who will do great things and will help people in needing” First Anne didn’t believe it, but exactly nine months later she gave birth to the most handsome baby boy you could have ever seen. People came from every corner of the kingdom to see him, and his parents named him Louis.

Years went by, and Louis became a very handsome boy, slim, light brown-haired and green-eyed, but also brave and strong, and above all honest and generous. His parents were proud of him, and all the girls of the kingdom fell in love with him. But he didn’t care so much about it. Finally for him the moment to visit Earth came. He would have been accompanied by his mentor, Romain; it would have been a sort of initiation rite.

Romain recommended him: “Young Louis, Earth is not as happy and peaceful as our kingdom. You will see a lot of things you have never seen, and you will know a lot of things you have never known”

And indeed on Earth they saw War, Poverty, Desperation, Sadness… Louis was shocked. At the end of the trip they visited Switzerland. Apparently it was an oasis of peace, with its majestic mountains, extended lawns and tiny villages protected by mountains. But it was there that Louis saw what shocked him the most: many children and teenagers who were orphans or whose families were in difficulty. They were sad and resigned, they believed they would have never been able to be happy and make their dreams come true.

“Romain, we have to do something for them!” Louis’ heart was broken. But suddenly Louis had an idea: creating an association to help them and make them suffering no more.

In the evening Louis met a strange man, who was also very sad about this situation. “My name is André. I became an orphan myself when I was a child, and I know what they feel. So I thought about the creation of an association who could help them, and I’m thinking to name it Porte Bonheur and give it a quatrefoil as a logo, because I want it to be like a good luck charm for them” Louis was glad to hear about this project: “I join it as soon as possible!” So this is the story of how Porte Bonheur was born. In these years it helped a lot of children in needing, and Louis is nowadays one of the most popular ambassadors of the association.

After finishing of telling the story, Romain Grosjean told his children: “The Romain of the story it’s me! And Louis is Louis Delétraz. Remember to always support amd respect him. He deserves all the best. He’s an example for you all!”

And I agree so much with him.