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Oasis Part 5
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Thinking about film, I wonder to the back of my house. I have roles that have still to be developed from my recent trip. From my week in Afghanistan too my 6 months travelling war torn West Africa; Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo, and East Africa; Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda.
It was great that my trip was sponsored by the magazines I was working for at the time, Time, National Geographic and Animal Planet. I was also had some pictures published in other magazines and newspapers, but I am unsure which they were as my agent handled that for me.
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Hours after I hear the door bell ring, disturbing me from sizing a photo of a young girl. She was emancipated, dying, as was her whole family. I gave the children my food for the week I was there. I shared my water, and my meagre supplies, as I never travelled with much.
It wasn’t enough.
Logically I know it could never be enough.
On the 7th day, in Sierra Leone Kepher died. This beautiful child who lived with whimsy, asked me about Magic. Who I read Harry Potter too, and made a wand so she can cast spells. She cast one on her younger brother, who died a later, wishing for his life.
I trace her face, the face of innocence. No child should suffer like that. She only wanted 2 things, magic and life. I hope I brought some magic into her life, because she brought it into mine.
To door bell rings again. Just as I am about the hang the picture, there is a knock at the door. I guess I had left someone waiting at the door, which was not my intention but I get so caught up in here. It becomes a journal of my life, a place where I can immerse myself in the memories. Where people have never really died, and their voices have meaning.
Kepher had meaning. Will continue too.
There is another knock on the door and I call out to let them know that they can come in. It must have been Dana, she’s the only that wont just enter a room.
“Meu músico.” I greeted in Spanish, loving the lyrical quality to the language.
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Dearest Deean: We are so sorry to learn that you had an accident on your elbow. Hope it heals nicely, that it doesn’t bother you that much and that you might recover soon. Please take very good care of yourself.- As for the story, we are beginning to enjoy Dana, Alice and are much concerned about Bette’s health. Hmmm You are making some interesting developments on the story, which are very appealing, plot wise. We are savouring all of them. PPS Hugs & kisses on both your cheeks. – Lucero & Marsha (Proud Salsa Aunties to the ever loving JC and Eunichick)
Dana was always shown to be a good friend and here she proves it by taking Bette to the docs.Nice updat i want more
Hope Bette doesn’t have some weird, tropical, 3rd world disease.
Sounds like Bette is pretty sick but she’s been sick like this before, right? Both of your stories are fantastic and I look forward to new chapters on both.
I am sorry too about the bed and your elbow. I hope it feels better soon. As for this one, what is the mysterious ailment? Bette doesn’t have HIV does she? Eunichick already played this card, and between the both of you, what with Dying of the Light as well, y’all seem pretty anxious for Bette to shuffle off this mortal coil! How about Tina getting a fatal disease for once, just to even it out? I am not sure about this Dana. She is sweet, but there is shy and then there is… Did something happen to her to make her this way?? Ah, another story! Speaking of which, you are going to let us hang and hang and hang, to know whether Bette is alive and ok? Hopefully not TOO long!
Somewhere in fanfic heaven, Bette is wondering just what she did to piss off Dee. (just kidding)I’m looking forward to the doctor’s appt and some clarification about Bette’s earlier illness vs her current one. My chest hurts just listening to Bette laugh with her friends.Love Alice’s ‘House’- what a great idea, absolutely one that could be duplicated all over. I found the comment about the kids being ‘too old to adopt’ odd- as i adopted my five year old foster son when he was seven- but we both know there a lot more foster kids than adoptive homes and plenty of need for a house like the one you conjured. Hope you are well soon! (selfishly i want more updates to both tales!)p.s. where in Dying of the Light did you add that paragraph you found that you didn’t include previously? thanks. Feel better!
er…that is to say…i adopted my son at seven, but he was 5 when he first came to live with me as my foster son.
My Beautiful Dee… ahhhhh that sucks about the bed but more so your elbow… I am off to the movies but will be back… you completely rock it out… take good care and talk to you later… mwah… love and hugs, JC
Thank you for this wonderful story and I hope you feel better. Please post soon.
Thanks for posting this is a wonderful story with so much attention given to the ability of this family of friends to give love and share their lives wiith the children that have been written off for whatever reason. Such a great lesson in love and humanitarianism. If every community in our great nation would take on a project like this we could go a long way to eradicate homeliness amog foster children. Sincerely hope that Bette does not have some disease about which nothing can be done. Wonderful story. Since Tina has not shown up in this story yet, will she be one of the doctor’s that Bette sees. If so, hopefylly she will have the cure-all for Bette. PPS