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| Gloria holding Elizabeth. |
Up early for a beautiful birth at 4:15 am for a young 18 ? year old who barely made a sound … the baby was premature and came too early, but made for a rather easy pushing stage for the mother because of the small size…
(Was she really 18? The TBA taught me today that 18 is a
popular age because anything below that, the family could take the father to
jail for rape … )
...having no plans for a name, the Mother-in-Law and Village
Midwife decided it best that I name the baby … (having the white woman, I have learned, name the
child is very much liked by all)
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| Gloria, her mother-in-law and the Village Midwife, Paraseska |
…cute as a little button and works so hard just to eat,
breathe, live and survive given the odds here & her prematurity … I named
her Elizabeth, after my sister – not that she was premature or has to work hard
to eat, breathe, or live, but I just thought it fitting...Then again, maybe as
an ER Resident her similar needs of basic food, sleep and warmth are more
parallel to her namesake here in Uganda
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