We've just come back from lunch and some personal shopping with Dave and his sponsored students.
It was two years since Dave had seen them and they had grown so much, he was amazed. However, the warm and protective attitude big sister has for Adiporn, is still very apparent.
We learned that Nat's favourite subject is Thai and that she's 11th in class at the moment, whereas Adisorn has no real idea of how he's doing, except that his favourite subject is Art and he's doing "O.K".
Mum is still working at the hospital, but to make extra money she's also assisting with home care patients. Big brother, who was working spasmodically with his uncle, is now at home, out of work, and with no idea what he's going to do. He'll be 18 this year, so at least he'll then be legal to take full time employment somewhere.
The children ate well at Kiss restaurant - rice and chicken with orange juice, then ice cream, before we went to Tesco Lotus to buy soft toys, a book about transformers, a game, T-shirts and shorts.
Dave brought along a teddy and a copy of his book, and he had signed it inside, for her. It has a picture of himself on the back, and Suky explained what it was all about, and the hope that one day she'll be able to read it. Of course, at 65,000 words, that is likely to be later rather than sooner, but...the thought was there.
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100 Years From Today
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