Trip to SMT

A few photos from our trip to Edwin's hometown - more coming soon, I hope!

Third cousins - Kayalá and Semadi Ch'umil:

Chely laughing with Abuelito (Grandfather):

"Planting" a garden with cousins:

Comfortably asleep in the hammock:

Time and Life

Conversation at bedtime
January 18, 2009


Chely was wondering why the days of the week repeat themselves.


Chely: Why do days pass by and pass by and then the same day comes again?

Ali: You mean, like one day it is Monday, and then days go by, and then it is Monday again?

C: Yes.

A: Good question. Hmm, well, there are certain things that happen every time it is a certain day of the week. Like every Friday you have gym class. The days of the week help us know what is going on each day. Time is so big, and that’s one way to organize it.

C: Are we going to live here forever?

A: We’ll live here for a very long time.

C: But when we die, we won’t live here anymore.

A: That’s right, honey. But that won't happen for a long time, not until we are much older.

C: Right that Tato won’t die for a long, long time?

A: Hopefully not for a long, long, long, long time.

C: Right that when we get older and older and we get sick and die? Like, one day we are alive and the next day we die. But not for a long time.

A (cuddling close): Right. Now we have lots of time to be alive.

C (cuddling closer): Would you like a blanket?

Back in Guate

Happy New Year, everyone!

I hope to write about our holidays and post photos from our trip to Santa María T soon, but in the meantime here are pictures of Chely and Kayalá back in Guatemala City.