Card with children's text and signatures
Because I still had some bracelets and rings Surama and Sérgio had so kindly given me to offer the girls last June, as I was travelling to Cape Verde to organize Justina's birthday party, I decided to hand out the extra ones to the newcomer girls ... and the expressions on their faces, as they had them put on, "speak" of the genuine happiness they felt ...
Erica (Left) and Nélida (Right) wearing the bracelets and rings.
Elcy (Left) and Patrícia (Right) wearing the bracelets and rings.
These girls are not commonly used to having things given to them unless they need them..., so their gratitude can sometimes be touching. They may not be able to always express it, but the words (though apparently very simple) they decided to write on the cards they wanted both their "Godmothers", and Ana Maria (a colleague of mine who paid for their morning and afternoon "coffee breaks" of biscuits and juice throughout the week) were genuine and heartfelt ...
Writing and signing the thank you cards
Eating biscuits and drinking fruit juice during the morning break. From left to right (Valter, Esmael, Eduardo, Beto, Cláudio, Wilson, Leandro, Márcio, Ivanilda, Patrícia, Elcy, Verónica, Nélida, Justina, Erica and Tarine).
I just wish some of the adults, we get in touch with everyday, were as thankful as these children ...
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