Start writing Miss Aureol

I have inherited Mummu status with a family of Kenyan origin. The mother and father came to Wilmore about 7 years ago for the seminary, and are both finished with Doctorates and Masters in counseling. When I was told that my friendship had escalated to substitute mother hood for all the 5 children (30 - 14) I asked what my duties and responsibilities were - was I now expected to pay for the wedding dress? or educate the youngest at my expense? No, I was assured - it was honorary and pragmatic. Should a kid be stranded at a ball game - the ride left without them - or the trumpet be left at home and needed for the lesson - I could be called upon and of course I would run to assist and be the transportation for child or instrument. Thank God! And the parenting goes both ways. MY own children can now call upon Mummu Cheggeh for emergencies and so on. It is a cross cultural, mutually-inclusive beneficial arrangement. i love it.

I spent the last three days with Rhoda Cheggeh. We drove to Hazard, KY and she attended to some Hospice work and I lounged around in the hotel room. I had been 'instructed' to start my Memoirs. the names of the book are various: From High to the Most High is one. there are others. I wrote 6 ms pages. We'll see. There is another three day excursion of the same nature next M - W, June 15 - 17. I am to get chapter 2 and 3 done then. Hmmm

Ichthus is this weekend. You can sit on the back deck and hear the music. I have been every year (13 now) as a volunteer in one capacity or another. This year I am a recycler (one of 30 or so) and I will spend 12 hours during the weekend gathering bags of trash/recyclables, sorting them into glass, plastic and cans and transporting them in HUGE skips to the Nicholasville recycling facility. It will be exhausting and I will talk to about 300 kids/adults about the benefits of recycling rather than dumping stuff in the landfills. Last year there were 300 million drink containers - well at least 35,000. Fifteen thousand kids and adults attend Ichthus, so that is only one container a day per person. Less. And we hauled them all off the 40 acre property. It was GREAT. Pictures next blog.