You can see the two finger salute in this picture of four of our girls. The little one is also doing it below the bottom of the picture. Every Thai girl under the age of 30 has to do that in every picture. I suppose I should find out what it means.
I took that picture last night at movie night. We farangs must have our big screen TV, and Friday at six all the kids, along with Moms and Dads as available, come over for a movie. Last night the kids all chose Peter Pan, the live action version, with Thai voice and English subtitles. I really like that version and the kids did as well.
One of our girls brought her gold medal to show. Her team won in its group in the citywide volleyball games earlier that day. She is the power server for the team. You can see her in action at the left in the above picture. Everyone was happy about that, and we celebrated by passing out some snacks bought from Seven Eleven. The clerk there assured me that kids like what I bought, and she was right. There were also various marching groups at the all day sports celebration. You see one of our younger girls in one of those in the picture below.
As you can see, our girls live in a family, go to school, play sports and win and lose just like their friends. Their moms go food shopping, fix their girl’s clothes, cook (with the girls sometimes helping) and volunteer at their kid’s schools. In several cases there have already been definite changes for the better. Some are not so visible, some we notice right away when Sue and I come back from our stay in the U.S.
