Small Victories

Today was a good day at the hogar for many reasons...

1. I went in late today because I had to take the older girls to dance class. Brianna still went in at our normal time on Mondays (10am) and apparently Little V was asking where I was all morning. Even though she drives me nuts, apparently she really does love me and is starting to depend on me a bit more than I thought she would.

2. One of the other girls, who we will call Bea, came up right up to me when she got home from school and climbed up on the table so she was my height. Then she held out her arms and said I need a hug with a big grin on her face. So I grabbed her and hugged her and swung her around and then she told me she looked at me and smiled and said she loved me. It just about broke my heart. She is the sweetest and smartest girl (she's 10). All day she kept making me give her hugs. It was so cute.

3. Tonight, I took two of the older girls (16 and 20) to their weekly workout class. I was super excited to do this because I miss my workout classes and really wanted to particpate. The teacher said I could so I joined right now. However, the girls apparently did not feel the need to tell me that the first hour of the class was just running through dances that they all learned a few weeks ago! I was so lost, but it was so fun. Then on the way home Tati looked at me and said "Tia Romy, do you love me?" and I said of course I love you and she said ok, good, I love you too.

Also, I would LOVE to post pictures of all of the girls at the hogar, but for various reasons I am not allowed to post any pictures of the girls on facebook or blogs. I also can't use their real names.... hence the very odd names I've come up with for them.