Roof Over Their Heads

It's been a long journey from destruction to reconstruction, but we've made it! Three weeks to the day, we were able to put a roof over their heads. (See Gone With the Wind if you don't know what I'm talking about)

Many many thanks to you who have been oh so very generous - we were all touched by the overwhelming support the school has received over the past month. And speaking of overwhelming support, a certain Jessica has been particularly feelgooding with me, also in words:

"They own nothing, yet their smiles in those pictures convince you that they own the world. 

We own everything yet we are never happy nor satisfied. 

If I have the chance to tell them one thing, it would be "a HUGE thank you" for showing me, and many others, that the key to happiness lies in the little things and that life is what YOU make of it. 

They deserve all that is good."

Jessica? Though you don't "know" me in person, please know your help and kind words have gone a loooooooooooong way! Friends and Familia? You've been awesome! Please see here all the gooood you've had a hand in...

BEFORE & AFTER

From the outside

From the inside

The move of "my preciousss"

Bed shotgun!

Uplifted spirits (and Olivia's spirit still with us, far left)

Yes, celebrate we sure did!

Sprite never tasted so good :)

But the boarding house roof isn't the only one we were working night and day to put up! Also thanks to you, the new SHS students have a roof over their heads too (though they'll be studying in a wall-less room for the time being. At least there's no chance of anyone feeling claustrophobic, huh?)

Hmm... It's been a tough few weeks. Finally, we can wake up from the nightmare. Ironically though, it's now that we can finally sleep after all those sleepless nights!