July first is Youme's 40th, we are celebrating by being six months pregnant, healthy, and very, very happy! There is lots to share from our last entry- meeting new friends in Vietnam, returning to Chicago, completing the spring semester and hurtling into summer. Nasturtiums bloom in our window garden which Edith planted with local plants and the prehistoric ferns which grow abundantly in Miami. We have come through Youme's unexpected abdominal surgery (with the baby 21 weeks along) and are now feeling strong, tonight we are preparing for this year's National Federation of the Blind Conference in Dallas,Texas. Mali Under the Night Sky, A Lao Story of Home, is the next Youme picture book to be produced through Cinco Puntos Press. We hope to soon share a student documentary project in which Hai plays a major role.
We are, as ever, so grateful for the work and play that you each bring to the world.
