when i give, i give myself...

mis quieridos amigos y familia,

sorry it's been almost a month since i wrote last... not that it's a valid excuse, but i've been super busy with my internship, not to mention incredibly tired. so in a nutshell, at my internship i am working with 3, 4 and 5 year olds with down's syndrome. i originally thought i would want to work with the speech therapist to see what she does, but i figured i have the rest of my life to do that, so i decided to work with the babies instead... so needless to say, my job presents a lot of challenges. obviously because the children have down's syndrome, they are very not very compliant. also, since i'm not a native speaker of spanish, i struggle sometimes when i'm trying to tell the kids what to do, and in addition with them needing clearer instructions to understand things, this is sometimes a deadly combination.

the school is super adorable though.. they have kids anywhere from 3 years old to adolescents in their 20s. with the little ones, they're trying to teach them everyday life skills that they haven't quite grasped yet. we're working on eating with silverware all by themselves, learning how to dress and undress themselves and making it to the bathroom on time. although all these tasks seem very basic, you would be surprised how difficult it is to teach a little one this. although i come home each day incredibly drained, i wouldn't change what i'm doing for the world. the amount of hugs and kisses i get everyday from the babies totally makes it all worthwhile.

so yeah, that's pretty much where all of my time has been going.. check my facebook for some pictures of my school.. crazy to think that at this time three weeks from tomorrow i'll be sitting in the houston airport waiting for my flight back to milwaukee. i hope all of your semester and finals are going well. can't wait to get back to the states and hug every one of you. have a wonderful weekend! miss you all :)