Tears and Most Importantly Laughter

OK so this week is off to a great start as usual. Oh wait let me back up. So I was really emotional on Sunday with things going on with my family and just overwhelmed. And so after I got off the phone with my dad, I could not stop crying and I walk into the kitchen to talk to Elizabeth. We decide to eat some Ice Cream and I just let it all out. But the funny thing was I was crying over every little thing. So I am crying Elizabeth is making me laugh, and I am shoving Ice Cream down my throat. The other volunteers said we looked like we were straight out of a movie. And then I cried and laughed some more. Man I love being a women!



Enough about me, I want to talk about our new boy Alejandro. We were told on Wednesday Charli would move up to Medianos, and Alejanrdo would be a new member of Chicos B. When we asked when he would be here, our reply was in 2 hours. So we were excited. And then we were told that he will have to attend the public school across the street, and they get out at 1:00 and not 2:00 like all the other boys. But he is a fun loving child with lots and lots of energy here. Elizabeth and I walked him over to his first day of school. On Friday when we went to pick him up, we stood behind this concrete thing and jumped out at him, he was so scared and excited we all walked away laughing. And he told us all about his day and his new friends. So now Elizabeth and I take turns walking him across the street. It was so beautiful to see him all smiles and happy I felt like a proud mom.



Speaking of laughing, I have come to realize how absolutely medicating it can be. I have never laughed as much in my life as I have here with Elizabeth. She and I sometimes just have to give one another the look and we bust out laughing. We laugh so much sometimes we end up in tears or running to the bathroom. It has been the perfect cure for everything. For instance one of our kids wanted water, so he was pouring it out of the pitcher. Well I guess he poured it too fast but the whole pitcher of water ended up all over him and our floor. He looked at us with a deer-in-the-headlights look and I looked at Elizabeth and we all started to bust out laughing. I think he thought he was going to get in trouble, but instead we all just laughed it off. And then when Emilio eats so slow and will not finish his breakfast, we have to save it for lunch to give him. Well the food in Casa Hogar is Mexican Cafeteria food if that gives you any idea what it would look like. So our poor child is looking at the food and Elizabeth feel so bad, but then it just leads to us laughing. Our kids do the funnniest things all the time, leaving Elizabeth and I in laughing fits. So I strongly suggest to allow laughter to be a constant in our lives. Path Adams said "Laughter is the Perfect medicine." And I must say I agree to the fullest.