Kathleen's Post (by ben)

OK, a little unfair that I get to post what Kathleen’s life is like but she is cute and doesn’t want to sound negative. It’s not negative, it’s just the way it is. Kathleen has, after many years of child raising, found some great friends in Evergreen that she loves and respects. She loves her volunteer affiliations with the elementary school and adores swimming Monday and Wednesday mornings and teaching spinning and aerobic step classes. Her life in Evergreen, Colorado is hard to beat. Africa is quite different, as anyone would expect. She is home schooling kids (she is really great, but again, this is the first time she has taught her kids and it has its rewards but the word “easy” doesn’t come to mind in describing her daily efforts) and while she gets time in the morning for herself it is limited, not the same as having kids in school. She hasn’t made good friends yet but that should change in the next couple weeks but let’s be realistic, it can take month and years to make great friendships, not a couple weeks. She has a great attitude but her day is mostly similar to the following:
Wake up
Get some time hopefully for herself
Home school children
Take kids to the swimming pool up the street
Wait for Ben to come home from the hospital where I go on and on about how much fun I am having
Suffice it to say, it can be tough married to a completely extroverted, always positive person whose glass isn’t half-full, it’s always overflowing. My goal is to try and make this experience great for her and for the rest of my family, it’s actually going pretty well.
Love,Ben’s little family