From Carita Feliz (Happy Face) Child Development Center (EC-478) in Ecuador.
At one point during our visit we walked to the back of the home, where the family owns a small plot of land that’s adjacent their grandfather’s land. The soil was rich, the land was tilled – but the family hadn’t finished planting all of their seeds.
A staff member from the Child Development Center asked us if we’d like to help, so Kelly, Patricia and I each grabbed a handful of corn. We’d turn over a section of soil, drop in four pieces of corn, then walk another foot and repeat the process. We did this over and over for about half an hour, moving from row to row, visiting with Rosa Maria and her children as we planted.
And on the third or fourth row, I looked down at what we were doing, and I thought, This is it. THIS IS IT.
Barring something totally unexpected, I’ll never witness the harvest of those seeds.
But.
I’m no less invested in the outcome just because I may not see it in person.
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