Sonia, Meenahski, Kashme and the other girl

These four girls, & three boys who I'll meet in an hour, are the Open School students here at the home. Today we had an introduction to the computers. (U, C & L it is painful to call these machines computers but somehow the little running mice inside manage to power Windows 2000 on on three bof the four machines. I'm thinking of the countless mcahines I've termed as garbage and casually thrown away. I'm also desperate to see in the market is as cheap for computer parts here as it is for everything else.) At first the girls didn't want to touch anything. Little by little their reserves melted away. I turned my back for a few minuted and they had changed the background, figured out wordart, experimented with paint and found the game folder. Kashme has a real gift for this and enthusiastically dove in.

Meenahski is more difficult. She is a slow learner and will be graduated from traditional schooling in March. With university not being an option and having been through 3 trade school to date, it is time for her to begin making choices for her adult life at the ripe age of 15/16.

It was good to spend the afternoonwith these girls while the rest were away. They are older, well loved here but very much alone. A few well placed questions and we had covered school, family background and even romance. You should have seen the look on Sonia's face when I asked about her boyfriend. She said she would be scolded if Father and Brother knew - how did I know? (Men are so blind - how could I miss it!)

It's almost 3:30 and still 7 more hours till bed time - I've been up since 4:30. If nothing else I'll sleep well when I get home.