I was able to chaperone 4/5th grade on their field trip to the Christmas Market. We even had snow to make it more Christmasy, which was fun, but got very cold!! The three lovely ladies in the front were in my group and were very easy to keep an eye on. A couple of the boys wanted to hop into the picture and shortly thereafter the battery died! Glad I got one good one though.
For 16 weeks now, we have had a young refugee couple from Syria living with us. They have been married a little over a year and for the majority of that time have been separated from each other, since he made the journey to Austria alone and got everything in order so that she could come legally. Let me backtrack a bit and tell you how it all started. As the refugee crisis really started to explode here, facebook was buzzing with articles, videos, pictures, etc. of the situation. I read a lot. I saw a lot. I was moved. I was troubled. But what could I do? I had a three year old and one year old at home. ... I could teach some German. But when? ... I could donate clothes and other items that were needed. But that didn't seem like enough. ... I could give money. But I wanted something more tangible. I would put my youngest to bed and during those days, she needed lots of TLC in order to get to sleep. I kept thinking about the refugees and how they didn't
how fun ... your nose is red, Rudolph! ;o)
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