Even at her young age, Eve has started
getting made-to-measure clothes. Here she is in the village, being
fitted for her latest outfit.
These photos also illustrate that
although we feel at home here, we'll never be « just like
everyone else ». Our village is sufficiently big that if we are
down in the village there'll always be someone fascinated to see the
« baturé » (white) people, and a white baby is even more
of a draw. And kids will cluster round until one of the adults yells
at them to give us some space!
Another thing I am often quite aware of
which makes us different from everyone else is that we don't have the
same support systems. Every mother of young children here has
countless sisters, cousins, aunts etc. who she can rely on to help
her out. Of course, we have friends in the village, and help in the
house/with the kids (though only during my work time) and if it were
a real emergency I'm sure we'd find help. But for the day-to-day
stuff, it does sometimes feel like we are juggling a whole lot of
balls (more so than if we were in Europe where gadgets would do some of it, and we would at least have 24/7 electricity!).
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