This Time Next Week....

I'll be 'Leaving on a Jet Plane, don't know when I'll be back again....'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9qvjRVty7Q
             


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some of these countries I have no connection with and all of this makes me feel very grateful to those who have taken the time to read my ramblings and for the kind comments that I have received. 

 Ruby's update at the time of writing -
                       THEN        NOW

                      She's smiley now, too!

 These last few days have seen me a bit under the weather - my (previously hopefully) 5 minute 'bug' has dragged on for a number of days. It's all relatively minor but I'm preferring to regret not eating food rather than to regret eating it. I've done bits and pieces of work but nothing as substantial as I'd have liked. Today (Friday), together with 3 of the new World Racers, I went with the foster Mums Tori and Nikki (see her blog at the end) each armed with one of their children to a kids hands-on play area. Nolan was landed with me but he did cook something up for us and then did a bit of decorating:

Meanwhile Tori and Nikki did their own thing while us men worked.

 This link from Tori shows the difference that such activities make in the lives of these kids and also their Moms:
http://hisstrengthnotmine.blogspot.in/2014_02_01_archive.html

Yesterday we got Nolan a new bike as his long spindly legs got wedged under the handlebars of the bike in the home and he couldn't pedal it. Nolan has no hearing at present but has recently had cochlear implants inserted in his head and they are due to be turned on any day now - so he couldn't hear us and he has no speech. He is learning to walk unaided but scoots around on all fours almost as fast as Eusene Bolt. So he had no idea that we had returned and this is what we were greeted with - Nolan with a shirt wedged over his head (apologies once again for the old person who can't turn the video from sideways to upright!). After struggling to free himself - he saw the bike!!!:

This blog has centred on the things and people that I have been involved with over the past few days - they are typical of the dedicated, loving people here - Nikki's blog (as mentioned at the start) tells you what makes such people do what they do:

http://onetinystarfish.blogspot.in/2014/03/my-future-in-india.html