10/15
today when i took bread over to los niños i gave 1 piece to each person individually so i could see that they were each getting some. bread there is nothing like bread here - it's delicious. leo wouldn't come to the house to get his bread and when i asked why mary said he was afraid of me. certainly not the same little boy i saw all the time in august. he won't come near me now yet in august he would lift his arms every day for me to pick him up. now he eyes me warily from behind mary's back.
mary's eye is swollen today. when i saw it i wondered if her brother had hit her. he just seems to lay around and do nothing. she said it was from an ant. not! when i told patrico he said that she goes to the cantina and parties and she was there last night. they say she is very smart and maybe there's a big s on my forehead but patricio told her that the food was for the children and adults. josefa is old and sick and very tired and knows what's going on but is powerless to stop it. i don't know how often her children pop into her life but she has been raising los niños by herself for a long time. it's almost like she's hanging on for them. a couple times yrlin and jeffrey came here to play marbles but they don't come anymore. today yrlin gave me a really tight hug. jose said mary is mean to her children and leo is told to fear me.
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