Pictures as promised. Although I was sickened at times by the mere fact that we were paying to lounge around in thousands of gallons of water just for leisure, we did manage to have a fun time. I just had to look at the faces of my kids and let that uneasy feeling fester in my gut.
I figure it is some form of that feeling that will urge me to continually do more, be more aware, and commit to taking action in my life on behalf of those who haven't got the means to do so themselves.
I am not sure what my relationship with the Kalahari will look like in the future, but for now I am trying to enjoy the fact that we had a really wonderful family weekend. The boys are just so damn cute. And they can run and play endlessly. It is fun to see them have an outlet for that in the midst of these most oppressive winter months.
It brings me again to the theme words of my brain lately, nuance and dichotomy. All of life exists somewhere mixed in amongst those two words, rolling around and morphing into different things at different times depending on perspective I guess. I think a lot about the dichotomies in life. In parenting. In relationships. In adoption. In humanity. In love. Just life really, what a trip.
I guess it is the nature of becoming truly aware, on a more intimate level, of the inequities in life. I have heard all about it. But for the first time, in a way that affects me deeper than I have ever been affected by being a woman or doing without certain things (like health insurance...), I am seeing it through the eyes of someone I love profoundly, my daughter, and even more than seeing it through her eyes, i am seeing it through the eyes of her family in Ethiopia. It is hard stuff. And I sit here with the ultimate privilege to mull it over in my noggin, while somewhere, right this very minute as my fingers strike the keyboard, they are living it. I really. really. love them. Heavy stuff for a post about the water park, but it is like I said, nuance and dichotomy.
Enjoy your time this weekend, doing whatever it is that you find yourself doing. Peace.
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