1. best TIA moment of the week - a man, walking buck naked down the street. not a crazy looking man, not shuffling, but striding down the street, as if he were carrying a briefcase. not a minor street, not a highway, not a street in the slums, the street that my kids school is on, in a nice neighborhood. i'm not sure this falls in the catagory of This Is Africa- but i was just informed tonight that one punishment for theft can be stripping the person and forcing them to walk naked down the street- (either that or being burned alive)- i'd take naked.
2. best thing i heard all day, "YES!! i got the spot right next to mommy!" (jude) how loved does that make me feel?
3. sweetest little moment, although thankfully there were many, coming home from a great night out with mike to this on the door step. a la bryn
4. best good old memory zoe, "remember when you used to come to see me at preschool? remember when you came for my birthday? i loved that." probably most of her memories with me from ages 2-5 happened in that room that smelled of crayons and graham crackers (one of the best smells EVER) because i worked across the street as a crazy, angst ridden, migrainy and highly sleep deprived resident, who would crawl across the street to smell her little head every chance i could- as it was still with in beeper range.
i think trauma memories get buried for a long time- zoe and i are now just now- recalling those years.
5. best bad old memory zoe, "do you remember kevin from my kindergarten class? he was SOOOO mean to me. i still remember the smell of his lunchbox!"
6. best food of the week, the prawns in our entree special last night at mediterraneo. unbelievable, flown in from mombasa, and i don't even like prawns.
7. best random attempt to know more than your little brother fact of the week, oh there are so many to choose from. this one was over heard from my bed one morning.
jude, "do you know what a leprechan is?"
bryn, "what?"
jude, "it's one of those lizards that can run really fast across the water!"
bryn, "no. that's a Jesus lizard."
jude, "oh yeah."
8. best medical moment of the week, taking a sick child to IHK, the international hospital kampala, and seeing the oncologist, having blood work, a chest x-ray, and abdominal ultrasound, and leaving with an appointment the next day with a surgeon for an excisional biopsy, all in less than three hours and costing ~ 120$. giving me faith in some systems in uganda.
9. best quote of the week:
10. best face of the week:
2. best thing i heard all day, "YES!! i got the spot right next to mommy!" (jude) how loved does that make me feel?
3. sweetest little moment, although thankfully there were many, coming home from a great night out with mike to this on the door step. a la bryn
4. best good old memory zoe, "remember when you used to come to see me at preschool? remember when you came for my birthday? i loved that." probably most of her memories with me from ages 2-5 happened in that room that smelled of crayons and graham crackers (one of the best smells EVER) because i worked across the street as a crazy, angst ridden, migrainy and highly sleep deprived resident, who would crawl across the street to smell her little head every chance i could- as it was still with in beeper range.
i think trauma memories get buried for a long time- zoe and i are now just now- recalling those years.
5. best bad old memory zoe, "do you remember kevin from my kindergarten class? he was SOOOO mean to me. i still remember the smell of his lunchbox!"
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| note zoe pink princess in front, note kevin big kid in blue sweatshirt on right |
6. best food of the week, the prawns in our entree special last night at mediterraneo. unbelievable, flown in from mombasa, and i don't even like prawns.
7. best random attempt to know more than your little brother fact of the week, oh there are so many to choose from. this one was over heard from my bed one morning.
jude, "do you know what a leprechan is?"
bryn, "what?"
jude, "it's one of those lizards that can run really fast across the water!"
bryn, "no. that's a Jesus lizard."
jude, "oh yeah."
8. best medical moment of the week, taking a sick child to IHK, the international hospital kampala, and seeing the oncologist, having blood work, a chest x-ray, and abdominal ultrasound, and leaving with an appointment the next day with a surgeon for an excisional biopsy, all in less than three hours and costing ~ 120$. giving me faith in some systems in uganda.
9. best quote of the week:
10. best face of the week:
4 comments:
Love it all.
I love that quotation.
What a great list!
thanks guys!!
when i heard zoe say "i can still smell his lunchbox" i about died of laughter!
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