Sometimes people say no for your benefit – that’s what I realized yesterday.

It’s 11: 10 AM on day 2327 of my journey towards independence and I managed to have breakfast, pray, read Joshua 10:25  and learn a new word – Definitions for shivoo
1. Australian. a boisterous party or celebration.

Yesterday I needed to call a local baby care centre to see when I could go visit and help out I tried to get our housekeeper, Amanda, to do it for me (phone communication with a stranger is not my best event – I’m always afraid the person I’m speaking to won’t understand what I’m trying to say) and at first it looked like Amanda would do it for me but then she refused confident that I could speak for myself and it turned out she was right the person on the other end of the line understood me just fine for the most part (I was shocked and SO GRATEFUL for Amanda’s unwavering belief in my ability (everybody  needs at least one person to believe in them and there are some times we’ll need it more than others)). Enkosi SisiAmanda.