Sick, sick, and sick. Both of us. It’s astounding how one small microscopic virus can do us in so handily. Since there’s not much to relate about recuperating (a rather dull task), I’ll share an incident from a video Dan took of Liliana. In the video Dan teases Liliana with the phrase, “Don’t tell me […]
Child Abandonment & Abuse
I’m feeling much better. Just a little weak. Dan is worse. Since he’s been in bed for three days now, he can’t get comfortable, and sleep comes intermittently. In other words, he’s miserable. We can’t go to the orphanage yet another day. We’re disappointed, but it can’t be helped. I shut off parts of the […]
My Idea of Hell
We’re both sick today–nausea, fever, chills, malaise, aches & pains. I tell Dan that what we need next is a car crash. That would round everything out quite nicely. We call our translator to ask her to please inform the orphanage director we won’t be visiting today. First, it would be rude to bring germs […]
Ball of Fire
Dan wakes up with a fever and a severe headache. We decide that he shouldn’t visit Liliana with me this morning. I’m a little worried about what she might think, when she doesn’t see her papa show up. She comes willingly enough, but she peers over my shoulder for a few seconds, searching for him. […]
Genes or Environment?
I can’t tell you how fascinating it is to watch a child who is yours, but who has none of your genes. Truly, she’s come to us without our DNA makeup, so what she is, right now, is a mix of her parents’ genes and her environment. This has always been a curiosity for us–which […]