Where Children Should Never Have to Be.

Santiago Children's Hospital 12 of December 2014. Casilda's twins were getting check-ups and she needed someone to make the trek with her. So with a note sent to my teachers and students to forgive my absence, we were off at 5am.  

Such a beautifully painful trip. They were celebrating Christmas and the number of people handing out gifts, cookies, juice, highlighters, lo que sea was overwhelming. I did a lot of waiting around with the munchkins as Casilda did what she needed to do. Here are some pictures of us just hanging out and then the craziness of Santa Claus, presents, and the gathering of all the children who attend this hospital far too regularly.

Angel Manuel 

Angel Miguel. I used to not be able to tell them apart... 

Momma and her princes.

They were terrified of Santa Claus. Haha

All of these children have some sort of chronic illness...

❤️

Miguel and I playing together while his momma and brother had a consultation. She has to go back with Manuel on the 22 where they will inform her whether or not the next step will be the surgery or one more round of chemotherapy... And then on the 31st, they will have to return for whatever is decided.

I pray for little Angel Manuel and his family everyday. They have showed me what the strength of a family really is capable of and I'll never be able to thank them enough for it. We just have to have faith that his thinning hair, loss of his beautifully thick eyelashes, slimming of his tiny body, sinking of his once-plump cheeks, and the unseen battle inside will all be worth it in the end. And we can celebrate another life saved by a miracle someday soon.