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Project Somos Children's Village Guatemala
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Project Somos is establishing a village for orphaned and abandoned children in Guatemala. The Village will be eco-sustainable and home to 49 children initially. We blog to share our thoughts, feelings and challenges as we work towards this vision.
Recent Posts
Quinceañera-Our First of Many!
On Friday evening we celebrated our “niece”, Ingrid’s quinceañera. Some of you may be wondering what is a quinceañera. Others know it intimately. It is the celebration of a young woman’s fifteenth birthday in Latin America. And it’s a hug...
Reflections on the Benefit Fiesta
It seems like more than a month since the Benefit Fiesta was celebrated at Heritage Hall. Despite the intensity of the last weeks I have had some time to reflect on the event and want to share some of those thoughts. First I want to thank everyone...
The Power to Parent
Last week I started attending a class, called “Power to Parent.” Some friends have teasingly asked if it is not a bit late for me to be taking a parenting class considering my “baby” is now 23! Of course, as I attend, I am aware of many thing...
Normalizing Tragedy
There is a case to be made for acceptance concerning the daily difficulties that life offers us. It seems futile to become furious with the inevitable frustrations that regularly arrive on our doorstep. These challenges are just facts of life that w...
How Did you Spend your Summer?
It has been a full, sun-filled Summer in Vancouver. Between Project Somos and our personal lives we have had no shortage of excitement. Here is a brief overview which turns out to be longer than I like to make these things. For those visual types tha...
World of Paradox, Ambiguity, and Uncertainty
I had the good fortune to spend six days at Hollyhock with an amazing group of 110 gifted human beings. They steward a full spectrum of brilliant abilities including music, science, social activism, healing, and new media technology. Many presentat...
