A Little R&R
I’m sitting in my favourite spot in the apartment. On the couch that I purchased in one of those moments of “I am an adult.” My feet up on an old chest that Laura Butler found on the street ages ago. Relaxed. It has been quite a summer. Emily, John, Dar and I started Little City a couple of weeks ago and I was so proud to launch it with our friends on August 13th.
The Hope Moment also defined the summer. Putting the show together, going back and forth to Ottawa, articles in Le Droit, the Ottawa Citizen, and 24 Hours, interviews on A Morning, the exhibition and back for an interview on CTV. It was most thrilling to end the summer the way it began by heading back down to El Salvador. I feel like I have made friends with the landscape, the smells and the towns. The progress in just in three months is encouraging and so is meeting incredible families who persevere. Below is a photo of Jermias De Jesus and Maria Emely the smallest children in a family that is struggling. Hopefully with World Vision continuing to work in their community by creating micro-enterprises, schools and other jobs, families like theirs will have more opportunity.
I’m glad for the brief rest. I’m headed to Bamako on the weekend via Paris. I’m really excited to share this western part of Africa with you.
Short and sweet: thinking of you.