Unfortunately for us, Sofia has gone home to Spain. For those of you who did not get the opportunity to meet her, Sofia was a Spanish exchange student here to learn English. She was with us for less than a month, but she made a very large impression on all of us. We are a better family for her having stayed in our home.
Little did we know when she arrived late last month, that we would learn to care so much about this young Spaniard. I guess we figured that she'd be going to English class so much during the day that we'd never have much time to get to know her.
But as the month progressed, we noticed that she was in class a lot less than we'd bargained for. And we're all grateful for that fact. As you can see from the photos, we were able to go to New York City and to Washington, DC with her.
She also went to a lot of Jacob's baseball games and Hannah's dance practices. But it was more the times when we were just sitting around the house or doing something close to home, as a family, in which we really got to know and love her.
Her infectious laugh, her easy way with the kids, her effusive thankfulness for anything anyone did for her. It was easy to like her. Now it's much harder to love her, because she's not with us.
One day, maybe, she'll be able to come back. I think I speak for everyone in my family when I say, that day can't come soon enough.
1 comment:
Que divertido! Estoy feliz que Uds. tuvieran esta oportunidad, y estoy segura de que ella la encantó también! ¿Por qué ella vino? ¿Como parte de un grupo o de su escuela o algo? Y ¿cómo se escogió tu familia parte ser su familia americana?
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