21 January 2011

3 things:

1. i was notified early this morning that i didn't get one of the scholarships i applied for to start my phd this fall. ah, shoot! 1 down, 3 more chances to go. i'm trying not to become too swallowed in fear of more negative results... :(

2. also trying not to get swallowed in the harsh stories and lives and difficult experiences in working at lua nova day by day. i forgot how much i learn, feel, experience here with these girls. i love them dearly. and their lives are so hard. and seeing the results of these broken systems of neglect and severe abuse... these girls who are forgotten, unwanted, and cast off from their communities is just too hard at times.... it's truly so hard to sleep at night after some of the days here!

(group shot of all lua nova's girls from our training this week - hahahahaha it makes me laugh! quite hard to get everyone to smile at the same time!)

3. i'm blogging over at "we are women" project these days! well rather i start blogging there on monday. will add my 2 cents the last monday of every month, should you care to read!



p.s. bonus 4. i'm really really happy toni is here with me now. the weekend will be lovely, so huzzah --> :)

2 comments:

Natalie said...

hurrah for we are women - can't wait to read your submissions!

Barbara said...

Love reading your blogs. You work with alot of girls-I didn't realize there were so many but then I should have known. Glad Toni is there to make days and weeks more special. Hope the scholarships come through .
Love and Hugs