A visit

I cannot believe how quickly March has gone by! And how close I am to Semana Santa; the end of my time at Casa Hogar. It’s definitely starting to sink in how little time I have left and that I am going to be sad to leave. Last week some people from the Methodist church in Huajuapan and San Pedro came. They brought food, soap, etc, and lunch too. Which was good because we were out of all the paper supplies- no paper towels or napkins, and no extra toilet paper. The churches help Casa Hogar by sending basic food staples and other supplies. It’s a nice way for more people to be involved, and it certainly helps. It also means that those basic supplies are not included in the monthly operating budget, and if it has been a while since the last donation, we run out of stuff. It’s an interesting position to be in- so dependent on others. Anyways, I showed some of my pictures to the visitors and someone said how happy everyone looked… playing, working, studying- a full life. Another person told me that the students were going to miss me. It was just one of those moments that rang true for me. It has been a good life here, with playing, working, studying as well as flowers, chicks and puppies. There has been a lot of life. Even though the pace of life is slow, the quality is full. And I think it will be hard to say goodbye. On one hand, I am excited for some traveling, and excited to go home for sure. But… this will be a goodbye that seems big, final. I would love to come back and visit, and probably will someday- but when? It’s hard to know when I will be able to. And even if some of the students are still here, others will have moved on. Some goodbyes will be final. So… three more weeks. That makes me sad… but then, it should, right? It shows that I have, in fact, built a life here.

Everyone at Casa Hogar with our visitors