Sorry for the delay in a new post.. I was sick all day on Mother's day and am finally feeling back to normal .
Saw this on CNN today.. Check it out.. These are the people we see walking the highways occasionally outside the city.. great photographs.. Many of the photos are from Mozambique and Malawi, but are essentially the same type of groups. click on the link below.
Gule Wamkulu's make the news!
We have officially said goodbye to our last resident visitor from Cincy Children's. He was awesome and on a whole, hosting residents has been a good experience. But I have to admit, it's kind of nice as we now have a house that is to ourselves and we can function as a normal family for the first time since September. I'm not sure I've even mentioned this in any of my posts, but we've had residents/ fellows from Cincinnati Children's staying with us each month. Sometimes two, sometimes three. So, it has given our children another chance to deal with some adversity. Not only have we thrown our kids into a new place, new school, new country, etc.. but they've had to live with new visitors every month. I think on a whole they were great.. We had them packed in a room together, sleeping on top of each other for many months.. As soon as we got home from school yesterday, Frances moved into a room of her own, as did Kate. And as Maura put so eloquently, "Now we can watch movies naked!" yes, yes we can Maura.
But I enjoyed the role of hosting the residents... It became something of a responsibility- making sure they were ok, fed and happy.. Plus, there were lots of evenings it was great to have others to hang out with.
Their departure really means that things are coming to a close here..
Happy belated Mother's days from Malawi..
A few photos.... Frances reading while the sun goes down, Maura at breakfast in a Malawian restaurant, and a little one selling tomatoes.
