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Really living...
"You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love." -
Seeing through new eyes...
"The bad things in life open your eyes to the good things you weren't paying attention to before." - Good Will Hunting -
ROMP...
I was googling Zacapa because I'm bored and found the website for the Range Of Motion Project. I remembered that that's who Gabby works for, so I decided to check it out. When I clicked on the Zacapa page, a ton of pictures came up, including many of Gabby making prostetic limbs. It brings tears to my eyes just seeing her picture. I miss her so ( Read more... ) -
From Gabby...
More correspondence from Gabby. I need to ask her how she's getting so much access to the internet all of a sudden ( Read more... ) -
Latest email from Gabby...
I was having an absolutely horrible day yesterday, but when I checked my email before going to bed, I was surprised to find another email from Gabby. Two in one week! Pretty exciting. Here's the translation (btw, I'm pretty excited about being able to translate her stuff without Dotti's help now ( Read more... ) -
Los besos...
Abby randomly came up to me and started giving me kisses. For some reason, I had a flashback of Glenda giving me kisses and I started crying. I felt bad, but Abby didn't seem to care. I miss that little girl so much, I can't help it. I wonder how she's doing and what her life is like. My heart never broke into a million pieces from just ( Read more... ) -
Burst of reality...
I just got this email from Bethie about her time in Guatemala and I am completely numb. Hearing about such horrible things brings back the whole experience and sick feeling in my stomach ( Read more... ) -
Mi mejor amiga...
I got an email from Gabby!! This is so exciting! First I hear from Beth and now I get to hear directly from her. She gave me her address again because I misplaced it. I think I'm going to try writing letters to her and if she gets those, then mail the scrapbook if/when I finish it. Her first emails were a bit guarded, but she's starting to ( Read more... ) -
Similiar experiences...
I finally found words to maybe explain why I felt so close to so many of the Guatemalans. We had a lot of the same experiences.
"We all came to the conclusion that we hadn’t had a childhood, nor had we ever really been young because, as we were growing up we’d had the responsibility of feeding little brothers and sisters - it was like having a ( Read more... ) -
Family...
"You’ll discover a family you never had before your life is done. - Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts