Clarification

I wrote a recent blog about some of the mothers in our health program. I think that the things mentioned were less than complementary--the pigs wandering through the house, the parasites, the naked children.

I did not put into words the compassion and care of these kind women for their children, the warmth of their hearts, their generosity to us and to their neighbors.

They are soccer moms, too. Although they walk to the games, and sit on in the grass instead of in comfy, portable, side-line chairs, they are still there, cheering.

They wash the uniforms, the fill the plates, they help with the homework, they chase the chickens and turkeys up into the trees so they won't get lost in the night.

There lives and their homes may be different from mine, but they are good people, good neighbors, and I am lucky to know them.