Día del Cariño

Valentine´s Day is big here. Thursday´s work day was like an 8-hour hug, it was fantastic. There was an assembly for all of the students and staff in which everyone was assigned one other person to whom to give a gift. The staff also had a secret friend exchange all week which culminated in a staff meeting where we discussed quotes/psalms about friendship, exchanged small gifts and ate a giant strawberry shortcake. The students even got to leave an hour early.
In the afternoon, FR and I went to the eye and ear campus for an in-service on professional excellence. All of the Prociegos social workers were there. The speaker ended his presentation with a Spanish-dubbed American motivational video called ¨Even Eagles Need a Push:How to Keep Flying in These Changing Times¨ Then, of course, more cake.
This afternoon, at the ASORGUA meeting, there was a belated celebration of Valentine´s Day which included plateful´s of typical Guatemalan cuisine and (surprise!) cake. When I arrived home tonight, I opened the refrigerator seeking my tomato juice, and blocking it was (surprise!) a strawberries and cream...cake.