Thanks for your very encouraging comments. You, too, are doing a very rewarding work. The girl must love love you so much.

Here, people with disabilities are looked down on and often don't get any education, like our boy. Many children with disabilities are simply left in bed and their limbs atrophy. Adults are no different. We have a friend who uses a frame to walk. She also is one of the fortunate few to have a motorised scooter (for the disabled). It is a legal requirement for everyone to cross the road only at pedestrian crossings (when the green light shows). Most crossings are impossible for her to use because of the high curb.

Maybe you can see why we give such a high priority to helping children with disabilities here in Romania.

Best wishes

Roger & Christine

Hi, Kathryn.

The painting brought back memories of when ourchildren were little. I didn't jump out of the way fast enough and now I have a big green splodge on my pale blue teeshirt. We all learn by our mistakes - next time I'll wear an apron.

It didn't take long to clear up. I left the two boys to wash the paintpots and brushes. The loo, floor and walls got a sprinkling of blue as well. Mum didn't seem to mind, though I cleaned up most of it.

Next week if it's fine we'll go look at the fish in the ponds a few miles away. He's now too big for grandma to take him out at all. He's a bit taller and heavier than me and very unsteady on his legs. His kneecaps aren't formed and he probably needs hinged knee supports (like some athletes wear), but we're in Romania and the cost is exorbitant. Meanwhile, Roger puts up with helping him up every time he collapses in a heap!

Hope the girls and Alan are OK.

LOL,

Christine

Hehe, I always had the sink full of water and the bath run already before I mentioned painting to Emma when she was little! The I could dump everything painty in the sink and Em straight in the bath without a delay when she could move from hand painting on paper to finger painting the furniture!!! And by the time the bath was over the painting was well on the way to drying, so she couldnt return to the scene of the crime and put her hands on the picture in order to get some more paint on them and start again!

Tis the season for coughs & colds here. Apart from that, we are plodding on!