Goodbyes

This has been a sad week...Ryan and Taryn left on Monday and Lucia left us yesterday. I had a child like breakdown after Lucia left...I wasn't really breaking down over her departure in particular but rather an accumulation of emotions that hit all at once. I'm starting to understand on a very small scale what it must be like for the children to have people here leave them that they get so close to. It's not my first or last experience with having people I love, care about and grow used to having around leave but it doesn't change the fact that it's hard. It's part of life and I'm not sure it gets any easier. We are called to be relational people as we are sons and daughters of a realtional father..but their is no guarantee how long those people and relationships will last and be present. Saying goodbye may be one of the hardest things to do and it doesn't necessarily mean that person is countries apart..sometimes we say goodbye to people who are physically very close and even worse far away in other ways...anyhow, enough of my spill on goodbyes...

Today I have mainly been parading around our youngest, Jeffrie, who cracked me up for most of the time I was with him. I wish I could properly describe these kids. They are all so unique and full of so much personality that I feel my descriptions don't due them justice. The funny things I catch each kid doing at various time creates a constant source of entertainment and laughter. I'm quite confident I have never laughed so much as I have in the past ten weeks or been so amused by a group of children. One of our younger boys was playing with the puppies the groundkeeper's dog had and as he held the puppy as if he was a tiny infant he tapped me on the arm to make sure I was watching the puppy and him as he anounced, "Look the puppy is looking at me cause he thinks I'm cute." Then he proceeded to tell me to be quiet so he could rock the puppy to sleep...

As usual I hope all is well back in H-town! My parents, sister, and brother in-law come to visit the island one week from yesterday and the kids and I are very excited about the visit! I look foward to showing them around this place I now call home...

Peace & love,
Naseem :)