Village Stories
September 14th 2007 Her name is Joo. It means pearl in Thai. She lost everything in the tsunami except her hope and her smile.
I found her after a day out with the kids. Marrin was being a snot, Miles antagonizing her at every turn and both of them driving me absolutely nuts. I had to talk to Marrin twice about sulking because she couldn’t have a third ice cream/chip/pop treat and Miles was blundering oblivious to
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