Last week Jessica was sick most all the week, but it mostly works out that when I finally can get her to the pediatrician, she is almost all better already. I guess I should be grateful for that! I am happy to report our girl is back to her (sometimes) smiley self. I finally put together and posted the many, many quotes from an awesome book I read, Overturning Tables (check it out!) and what all I've been studying for almost a year (check it out!). Caid has been putting together a special Christmas choir at the International school, and it is going really well.
Brazil has elected a new president. It seemed pretty sure that Bosonaro would win after the first voting (he received 46% of the vote, even with many different candidates. They have to have a second run with the top two candidates if one candidate doesn't get 50% the first time, which is rare), and so it wasn't much of a surprise when Bosonaro won. He is considered far-right, after a long time of the Workers party (socialist left) being in power. He is also called the "Trump from the Tropics."
Staying out of my personal opinion, it definitely feels like 2016 USA elections all over again. But if you, from the USA, read articles about it, please make sure to remember that most of those articles are American's writing about Brazil from an American perspective. Brazilian politics has a completely different history, based in a completely different culture: because of this, the same kind of person can lead to completely different results. I honestly have no clue where things are going to go from here, but I do know that fear has no place in love, and that placing your hope in a politician is fruitless.
Reads from the Interwebs:
1. Why expats love community: So true! When you don't have family close, there are just so many random things you need help with!
2. Tips to talk to the parents of your child's porn viewing friend: Something I am going to need sooner than I'd like
3. Lord Keep me Weeping: MY FAVORITE read of the week
4. TCK lessons "Everyone Leaves": I keep thinking that if I read enough about TCKs I can figure out any problems my kids might have and solve them quickly. Probably NOT going to happen, but I will keep learning.
5. If you knew me, you would say much worse
6. Finding a New Voice
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