Lately I have been a bit preoccupied with graduate school applications and I try to not let it affect me but sometimes I can't help but stress about it. I know I will get it done (I promise mom!), it's just really hard to sit myself down and work on it for hours. Also, I have become so accustomed to my life here that it's hard to motivate myself to be applying for something that seems so far away, and sometimes not that appealing compared to my life here.. I'm going to stop there because that's a whole other blog entry. Back to my original train of thought.. today I wasn't stressing about grad school. Madeleine and I went to work a little bit early and sat with the kids while Sarita (a woman who comes to Rayito and reads stories from the Bible to the kids in a way that they can understand, and also in a way that's not necessarily pushing Catholicism, although all of the kids are Catholic, but in a way that teaches them morals and ethics.) After the story, the kids were rewarded for sitting nicely (more or less) by walking a short distance to a "plaza" which was really just an open area with flat ground. There we played "soccer", which I also put in quotes because we just chased the ball around and screamed "GOOOOAAALLLL" every-time the ball hit the wall. After about an hour the kids were sweaty and exhausted so we walked to the cemetery (located right next to the plaza) to drink from the water fountain. We stayed in the cemetery for a while, reading the gravestones and calculating ages. I payed a lot of attention to the kids reactions and realized that I am really seeing them learn and grow and it's such a beautiful thing.
The kids were so happy to be outside, and being around their smiling faces made my thoughts disappear. It's impossible to be angry or upset, or even preoccupied when you're around such amazing children.
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