Laughter: The Same in Any Language

We are so blessed to have a wonderful gardener, and these are two of his precious children. Their names in English mean 'Thankful' (the girl) - and 'Shepherd' (the boy). We call them by their 'English meaning' names - since that is the way their father introduced them to us. We learned how to pronounce their given names, but I don't know how to spell them yet. That will be for another post. Even though Thankful and Shepherd speak very little English - except for 'hello', 'good-bye' and 'thank you' (which their father taught them), the kids would all laugh and laugh when they played together for hours at a time. Thankful and Shepherd are precious children...always smiling their beautiful smiles - always joyful. I am thankful that laughter is the same in any language...and that our precious children have so much fun playing together.

But, Thankful and Shepherd went back to their home country recently. Their father is trying to get them back in to school there - since that is where they are from. It is so sad for the father, mother and older sister to be here in one country, while their 2 precious family members are in another country. Thankful and Shepherd will be staying with cousins and other family members. The father and mother are doing what is best for their 2 children, even if it means being a part for some time. We were assured by the father he will bring them back from time to time. We look forward to seeing them again soon.