My favorite perk of my job is hanging out in African
villages. I just love old African ladies. We have some weird bond and get along
smashingly despite no common languages. We mostly hold hands, high five, and
hug a lot. It’s pretty wonderful.
I met an old lady yesterday and we had our
little non verbal love fest and then I went to another house for a medical
visit. When I came out she had prepared a meal for me and offered me one of the
orphans she takes care of. My colleague refused on my behalf, mostly due to
time constraints but also recognizing that my system might not do so well with
the food but I was sorta sad. I would totally have had a bout of food poisoning
in exchange for chilling with my old lady friend for a little while. Demolish
the body, nourish the soul.
I then spent the rest of the day observing follow up visits
with new moms and holding their three-day old infants. So yeah, good contact
across the life span. Who else gets to do this stuff?
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