eye opener...

so at my job, i lead groups with the adult (women) clients. usually they are just general support group but sometimes they are about some kind of social support or an activity. tonight i chose to have the group make time lines of their lives. i instructed the group members to make a timeline of their lives, including good or bad or whatever, but at least include things from the past, present and future. i think the ladies actually got into this activity, as some were excited to raise their hand to volunteer to show their timeline to the group. i was completely caught off guard as one of the ladies explained her life.

her mother died at birth and she was adopted. at age 13 she entered into an arranged marriage. also during 13, she gave birth to quadruplets! and the story goes on...

i know every person's life is very different and people still practice arranged marriages and people do actually have quadruplets and more at one time, but to experience both of these things around the same time absolutely amazes me. 13 years old. quadruplets. i can't even begin to think about that might feel to experience those things together, let alone just one or the other.

simply amazing.