This afternoon we picked up an old friend from BWI airport. She will be staying with us until Saturday. Ollyn (Nyatanga) is a Zimbabwean who came to work for us when Michael was born in 1991. Robyn, at the time, was only a year and a half old so we needed all the help we could get. Especially with my travelling and being away. She was a G_dsend. It was very weird how we came to meet. Maybe we will save that story for some other time.
Ollyn stayed with us for a couple of years in Dallas and was amazing with the kids. In true African fashion she gave them all the love, affection and protection a mother could give even though they weren't her kids. She still lives in Dallas with her two older daughters.
Well, fast forward eighteen and a half years and we are still good friends with her and are forever grateful for what she did for us. We asked her to come and visit to see how the kids have grown up and to see us. Ironically, she is now trying to take care of me for the few days she is here.
Carpe Diem.
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