wkend recap

okey it's thursday now...i think i've recovered sufficiently from last weekend. last weekend was very draining in more ways than one. i participated in my first Guluwalk...a truly wonderful experience, and one that i will do again next year. while walking with my aunt, i fell into step with another participant...a tall stately man from Uganda. he told me a bit about himself...a student, husband, and father with 3 kids, living in simi valley...trying to raise awareness of the atrocities taking place in his homeland. i asked him to tell me a little about the children we were walking for, and he obliged. listening to him speak, i could hear the strain in his voice, the emotion behind his words. it was hard not to get choked up...for a while i forgot that we were walking in 80+ degree heat, in the middle of well-to-do westlake village. if you want to know more about what he shared with me, feel free to call or email, but let's just say that it's truly amazing how little americans know about the situation over there, and how little help they are receiving given their state of affairs.

i came home both physically and emotionally tired from the walk, and spent the rest of the day and sunday helping a new friend find an apt for herself and her almost 2 yr.old son. it was bittersweet, driving around with her and her boy, looking at different places in pasadena. she was excited to be on the cusp of a new start to her life, a new chapter for herself and her son, but i could sense a very deep resounding pain within her. divorce is never easy, and when it comes on the heels of betrayal, it's downright hell. i don't understand why ppl betray those they claim to love, but i've come to accept that it's all a part of life. and i have a strong suspicion that once she's done moving and has settled into her new life in pasadena, the reality of that betrayal and subsequent divorce will hit her like a ton of bricks. i hope eman and i can be somewhat of an encouragement to her and be a little bit of a "safe place" for her to unload or vent or cry, coz healing is a bitch.