She's growing up
For the school year 2005/06 we had the pleasure of a having Pauline, a beautiful, in both person and looks, Brazilian exchange student come to live with us. She was just 15 going on 16 and full of excitement and fear. In no time at all Pauline became a member of our family.....Keeva's big sister and our Brazilian daughter. Many times people did just assume she was Keevas sister and I can still see the big smile it would bring to her face. She truely loved Keeva and still does. We enjoyed many laughs and held her as she shed many tears afraid she wouldn't make her year away from her family. Of course she did. Now she is 19 going on 20 and attending medical school - actually doing rounds in a hospital as a student!! She just sent us this picture of her with her Mom. I can't believe how she is changing, looking older, growing up.
Pauline has come back to visit us once and she is coming back in December to spend another Christmas with us and to be the Godmother for Dillon. We couldn't pick a nicer, more loving person to stand for our son. We were lucky to have choosen Pauline and lucky that she wanted to stay.
Now we just have to get Giulia to come back to visit and to send us a photo (you hear me Giulia). Giulia was our third exchange student from Italy. Poor Giulia started her trip to America in a badly matched house...a girl from Milan sent to hilbilly country in a house with no heat. She was so scared. I remember meeting her coming out of her bedroom the first morning after she came to us. She was amazed to see houses again and so happy to feel warm. We had decided after a bad experience not to take another student but when we got the call about Giulia we couldn't say no. As Joe said "we have to rescue her". The next five months were spent lost in conversation and the love of food wine and cheese....someday she'll come back too and we can explore more delicious foods.
We hope someday to get both girls together for a vacation so they can get to know each other. Get to know the person each has heard so much about. For us I think it will feel like having our whole family together for a while. We have been very lucky....who knows maybe someday we'll do it again......
For the school year 2005/06 we had the pleasure of a having Pauline, a beautiful, in both person and looks, Brazilian exchange student come to live with us. She was just 15 going on 16 and full of excitement and fear. In no time at all Pauline became a member of our family.....Keeva's big sister and our Brazilian daughter. Many times people did just assume she was Keevas sister and I can still see the big smile it would bring to her face. She truely loved Keeva and still does. We enjoyed many laughs and held her as she shed many tears afraid she wouldn't make her year away from her family. Of course she did. Now she is 19 going on 20 and attending medical school - actually doing rounds in a hospital as a student!! She just sent us this picture of her with her Mom. I can't believe how she is changing, looking older, growing up.
Pauline has come back to visit us once and she is coming back in December to spend another Christmas with us and to be the Godmother for Dillon. We couldn't pick a nicer, more loving person to stand for our son. We were lucky to have choosen Pauline and lucky that she wanted to stay.
Now we just have to get Giulia to come back to visit and to send us a photo (you hear me Giulia). Giulia was our third exchange student from Italy. Poor Giulia started her trip to America in a badly matched house...a girl from Milan sent to hilbilly country in a house with no heat. She was so scared. I remember meeting her coming out of her bedroom the first morning after she came to us. She was amazed to see houses again and so happy to feel warm. We had decided after a bad experience not to take another student but when we got the call about Giulia we couldn't say no. As Joe said "we have to rescue her". The next five months were spent lost in conversation and the love of food wine and cheese....someday she'll come back too and we can explore more delicious foods.
We hope someday to get both girls together for a vacation so they can get to know each other. Get to know the person each has heard so much about. For us I think it will feel like having our whole family together for a while. We have been very lucky....who knows maybe someday we'll do it again......
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