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A fact of life: everything changes. That was one of my mother’s biggest pet peeves, the continual changes of life. The hard par
t of change is that we often feel of balance, unsure of the next step. The positive side (or sides) is that boredom isn’t a threat (or is shouldn’t be!) and that we are often pushed into dependence on the one unchanging facet in our lives; The
Living God!
Changes occur in the Miriam Home pretty quickly! The most frequent change is, of course, who lives here. I told you last week that twin babies who had been here for a year are now back with their mom. Just one week ago the “babe in arms” role was filled by a precious young thing named Flavia. She is 14 months old and very healthy indeed! She actually weighs quite a bit more than Altieires and Thavildy combined. She arrived accompanied by her sister, Taina (4 years) and brother Richard (7 years). They are a close knit little group, and they have had to be. Their mother would leave them for hours and days at a time; sometimes a neighbor would watch over them, 
many times they watched out for themselves. Taina sees her-self as mom over her siblings. She can make a baby bottle, change a diaper, fold laundry and sweep the floor. She decides when she needs a nap—and when Richard does! It will take time for this little lady to learn to become a child again, and for all three to learn to rely on grown ups.
