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Someone said
"We can do no great things; only small things with great love." Mother Teresa
August 23, 2007
Noodle Kaboodles!
Noodle thinks that one way to live artfully is to lick the book while he is reading.
August 22, 2007
You are my sister and my friend too
Tuesday night - August 14, 2007
Today has been one of the most emotionally draining days since I arrived here. Not sure I have the words to properly describe it. The day started early this morning taking a young woman to our rural clinic, she is in her late twenties, very sickly; because of meningitis she no longer can see or hear and is experiencing some paralysis. She has two children and one of her children is also sickly. Both mother and child are HIV positive. We parked our truck on the side of the road and walked down a very steep hill with no defined path to her home. She was unable to walk, so Mildred and I carried her to the vehicle. We left her at the clinic with her mother and told her we would be back later to get her and bring her back home. We still had another home visit to make. This other home was even further out; again we parked on a dirt path and walked in. This woman was living with her sister in a run down mud hut that was falling apart; they had seven children between the two of them…. No food in the house. She was also not able to walk on her own, we offered to carry her down the hill but her sister said she would carry her sister on her back to the truck. Her young son was home and we noticed he had oozing sores on his legs, we offered to take him to the clinic with us. We later learned that both sisters were HIV positive. I have never witnessed such "sisterly love" … what will happen to all those children? It took all I had to not get all teary eyed in front of them. After dropping them off at the clinic we made a fast trip home to empty our cupboards and gathered food and clothing to take back with us. By late afternoon we were able to return everyone back home. Had it not been for Mildred, there was no way possible for these people to get to the clinic. We still had one more home visit to make before dark, when we arrived at the home we were told the woman was not home, she was making funeral arrangements for her daughter that had just died of AIDS. It will be a long time before sleep will come to me tonight, I wish I had a magic wand and could make all the sadness go away for these wonderful people.
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August 21, 2007
Fun With Your Pictures
Here is a great way to keep summer memories from fading.
Does your child have books to cover? Print out some of your favorite photos from the summer and glue them to the book covers, giving your child an instant pick me up in the middle of the school day. Or create a fun collage to hang inside your child's locker.
And don't forget you can easily share all your digital pictures. Download Corel® Snapfire™ now at www.Snapfire.com and easily put the fun in photo sharing! With entertaining sharing options, drag & drop projects, and one-click fixes, this FREE software is the easiest way to have fun with your digital photos.
August 20, 2007
August 17, 2007
Someone said
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi
