Meet the Rosa Family

Hello and welcome to the liver blog. One thing that happened when Bob's organic bile binder booked a one way ticket out, is that a lot of people came to us. For example, the Rosa's. That is how we saw God at work all around us.
Is this the most beautiful family picture you've ever seen? Bet you can't guess which one is Janet, the mom. Janet and Richie knew Bob from Trinity in Brooklyn, way back when. We bumped into them when we were lonely and looking for a church after just moving to Catonsville, Maryland. Signing up Amanda for Sunday school, in comes a teacher for supplies. "Janet?" Bob says to her. "Robbie?" she replies. Being new in a church is the hardest thing in the world and it was soooo nice to find the Rosa's.

Anyway, to cheer us up, which it did, Richie sent us this family picture while we were holed up waiting for Bob's liver to return. Left to right, Elena, Raquel, Richie, Ivan, Janet, Veronica. On the occasion of Raquel's wedding with the spectacular Shenandoah Valley in the back. Just a day's drive from Catonsville.

Speaking of good things from Puerto Rico. I just finished this book, "The Turkish Lover," by Esmeralda Santiago. A third installment of her memoirs, a genre which I love. Ms. Santiago was introduced to me via a PBS movie that was made from her first two memoirs, the story of how her mother moved her and all her siblings from Puerto Rico to Brooklyn, New York, and how she learned English by immersion at age 12. I wanted Amanda to watch the movie because she is learning Spanish by immersion, albeit a more gentle one. For the most part the film, called "Almost a Woman" worked for her too. (Aidan was too young at the time.) Anyway, good book. Got it from the local library.

Take care out there! With love, T