Yesterday they gave me the report about a new child for my group. A five year old girl and... She can talk! At last, I thought, one that talks. And then I kept on reading and saw... Shit. She doesn't eat. Mmmmm.

But when she came into my group... I saw an angel. She made me wordless. Those eyes, those cheeks and that smile. I offered her a hand and we shook hands. I asked her her name but then her mother started to say something in Arab to her. Oops. She speaks Arab, that part I didn't see in the report.

We started in a circle and I played the guitar for the kids. I observed our new member of the group, she only looked around. I think that she didn't understand what we sang. And then she started, with words I don't understand but she pointed at the guitar. 'So you want to hold the guitar?' But no, she pointed at a detail of the guitar. She just wanted to touch the strings to make sound.

‘Where is she from,’ I asked my college and she said: ‘Egypt.’ Oooh, went immediately through my mind, the tea ritual! I signed my college that I’d leave the group and went to the kitchen. To ask a pot of tea with to cups, sugar and two cookies.

And then we went. She chose her own chair, she likes the red one and she chose one with the right size. I tested her by walking in the direction of the big table but then she started to call. Something like: This way, this table, here is my chair.

We set down and she stayed still, waiting for me to pour her out a cup of tea. She smiled and made friendly eye contact. She made my heart melt, I’ve never seen an angel like this, she must be from heaven. No other option. She exactly knew how to handle the hot cup of tea. She waited in patience and knew exactly when the tea was cooled down enough that she can hold the cup in her hands.

What does she do here? I thought, in my group of “wild” children. She’d be a great example for the other kids and a big relief for me cause she gives me a lot of energy but what is her benefit? Time to say goodbye already?

I am a pitiable personality today. I realize that I will cry very hard soon.


Just want to share with you.