The Past Week - Part 1

Our kids were back on Saturday and when my girl saw me she ran right over, oh, pure joy. Sdudla came up to me and showed me the baby's bottle, filthy with the nipple chewed off. Every day here reality slaps you in the face, we have soooo much in Canada, never would we see children walking around with no parents, no shoes, tattered clothes, no diapers or bottle for the baby let alone the two older siblings (11/12) taking care of the younger three. It's shocking.

A Bobbi Bear foster mum (Lovely Lorna)had an extra sippy cup so we ran over to her place to get it and then back to support group for our kids bath, we didn't have the bubbles this time (i have to remember for tomorrow!) but bathtime was still enjoyable. I had brought some of the clothes left over from the girls but we had no boys clothes, so the two boys were rockin' the pink last week. After bathtime Sdudla came up to me and told me that the kids were going to be walking 2-3 hours to go see their Gogo (grandma) and extended family after group. I asked why they were walking and she replied that their Gogo didn't have any money to give them for a taxi (common mode of transport here but more like our buses than our taxis). A number of us pooled our money to pay for the taxi with a little extra for the kids to buy some food. Sdudla made sure that they got to their taxi. This week we received some clothing donations so thankfully have some more clothes and specifically boys clothes. Am looking forward to seeing the kids tomorrow :)

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