You see the little face to the right? Her name is Rahema and she is 9 days old. She appears to be very healthy and she is settling in nicely at our nursery. The hospital where she was born referred her to us as her mother passed away only 4 days ago. Her mother was just 20. And she had AIDS.
I know a lot of you have been catching up with me as I have had a lot of personal strife going on over the last week. But take a long look at the little princess in the picture and you will see why I don't care about the "other stuff." You all fight for me so that I can fight for little ones like her. And I appreciate it so much. I don't know what is going to happen in the future for her. We will get her medical report in time. But for right now I will focus on her and all the other little ones at our home.
Today was so unexpected. I got to witness a family making the decision to allow their child be placed for adoption. I am sure that this is a scenario I will witness on multiple occasions over my 6 months here at Cradle. But today, it was my first time, and I will never forget this as long as I live. Two uncles before two adoptive parents. Two families making the hard decisions and doing what is best for a little girl. Cradle of Love is a great place. The nannies do a good job and the volunteers are so dedicated. No child is without love. That is obvious. But as great as we are, it is still an orphanage. And this little girl deserves more than what we can offer her. My hope is that her adoption all works out.
So, it was really cold here today. The nannies kept the children inside for the morning to play. They all sat on the floor and started to sing. It was EXACTLY like every African song you have ever heard in any movie or on any television show. The harmonies were impeccable. Carrie, remember that yellow Jabula CD that you had that I used to play for Caroline? It was like I was in the recording studio hearing it being recorded live. I had JUST taken my camera upstairs so I didn't get any of it on record. Next time, I will record some and play it here for you. Amazing.
I need to take some more pictures but everytime I am with the babies, I am so busy feeding or holding that I don't have time to take pictures. I will promise to take some this weekend.
I know a lot of you have been catching up with me as I have had a lot of personal strife going on over the last week. But take a long look at the little princess in the picture and you will see why I don't care about the "other stuff." You all fight for me so that I can fight for little ones like her. And I appreciate it so much. I don't know what is going to happen in the future for her. We will get her medical report in time. But for right now I will focus on her and all the other little ones at our home.
Today was so unexpected. I got to witness a family making the decision to allow their child be placed for adoption. I am sure that this is a scenario I will witness on multiple occasions over my 6 months here at Cradle. But today, it was my first time, and I will never forget this as long as I live. Two uncles before two adoptive parents. Two families making the hard decisions and doing what is best for a little girl. Cradle of Love is a great place. The nannies do a good job and the volunteers are so dedicated. No child is without love. That is obvious. But as great as we are, it is still an orphanage. And this little girl deserves more than what we can offer her. My hope is that her adoption all works out.
So, it was really cold here today. The nannies kept the children inside for the morning to play. They all sat on the floor and started to sing. It was EXACTLY like every African song you have ever heard in any movie or on any television show. The harmonies were impeccable. Carrie, remember that yellow Jabula CD that you had that I used to play for Caroline? It was like I was in the recording studio hearing it being recorded live. I had JUST taken my camera upstairs so I didn't get any of it on record. Next time, I will record some and play it here for you. Amazing.
I need to take some more pictures but everytime I am with the babies, I am so busy feeding or holding that I don't have time to take pictures. I will promise to take some this weekend.
What a precious little one! I do not think I would be able to put her down if I got my hands on her.
ReplyDeleteKaren, just like you, I would NOT want to put her down if I picked her up! SO, I didn't. I have a bit of a cold so I also didn't want to expose her fragile little system to anything. I know that I will have many days with her in the future. So I just took her picture for the website. And in the meantime, there are 49 other little creatures that need my attention!
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