I like to run to keep myself centered, have a little alone
time, and enjoy the beautiful scenery. This also happens to be the kids favorite
thing “Ya a gyma?” I have learned to appreciate this and no longer anticipate
alone time. I now envision myself as imparting healthy habits which will build
a foundation for good life choices. Now that may be a stretch but besides my
alone time being compromised I cannot think of a downside to the kids running
with me. There was one day this week where I felt like I could get away with
taking a new route and have a little time to myself. I turned off the main road
and started dodging low hanging branches enjoying a moment to myself when my
thoughts were interurrupted by 13 children screaming my name
“Lesegggggggggggggoooooooooooo” and running at full speed towards me. It
started with three or four and kept multiplying as everyone heard the news,
Lesego is approaching. The humor of the situation was not lost on me and by the
time the kids met up with me they had already succeeded at melting my heart,
how could I be angry with so many happy faces that were excited to see me,
impossible.
My other favorite tidbit of this week involved a sun soaked
kgotla meeting. The kgotla is a stone walled structure with no roof and thus as
one is sitting in the kgotla you are exposed to the sun. After a warm meeting I
stepped outside and was exchanging my cardigan for a lighter scarf and my new
friend was walking past and all he said was “Welcome to Africa.” This cracked
me up and I could not help but agree cardigans are not a great idea in Africa.
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