After my parents were with us last year for our English camp, they said that next year they wanted to come back and bring my aunt Mary with them (my mom’s sister). So they made their plans and bought their tickets. Then in March, Mary broke her ankle and had to have surgery. She spent the next 10 weeks following surgery recovering and doing therapy to strengthen her ankle, and then when the time came, put on her boot and boarded the plane to brave the journey to Slovakia to be with us!
Our hats are off to Mary, as she spent the week with us at our English camp, using her cane to walk back and forth to our cabin in the rain and cold! We were thrilled that she was there with us! Mary jumped right in and met the students, having some good conversations with some of them over dinner and during free times. Mary helped a ton with our kids too, rooming with Shaylee in our cabin, even being on “potty duty” during the night! She helped my mom babysit during the mornings when my dad and I were teaching a class. We all love Mary, and are so glad that she was able to be here, despite her set-back in March.
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| Ready to board the plane...boot and all! |
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| Shaylee wanted to be just like Mary! |
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| Mary taught the kids to play solitaire... |
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| ...and do Sudoku's. |
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| Mary and Shaylee's room in the cabin |
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| The girls went for coffee in our town square. |
Thank you, Mary, for coming to us, for loving us and our kids, for accepting the pain of walking with your bad ankle and the bad weather during camp. We loved our time with you, and are glad that Shaylee especially got the chance to get to know you better and love you, as she was too little to know you very well before we moved away. The other kids and Ed and I loved the time to be with you again! We all love you, Mary! Thanks for the great memories we’ll always have of when you came to visit us over here!
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