On April 17, Marina, one of the three teenage girls here in
the apartments in la Ceiba, celebrated her golden birthday; she turned 17 on
the 17th. As it was her
golden birthday, we went all out.
We started the day with fresh baked cinnamon rolls for breakfast. For lunch, we had Ceiba’s beloved “Pollos
Marlon,” aka fried chicken with fried plantanes in a way only Ceiba can
create. Keeping with the Hondu theme we
got a 3 liter of Coca Cola to wash all the chicken down. That afternoon she headed off to the internet
café to check all her facebook messages.
Before dinner she got birthday phone calls from former volunteers
Scarleth and Francesca, and got to talk with her three younger sisters who live
on the farm in Trujillo.
For dinner we ate the favorite for most all of our teens
here in la Ceiba, Chinese fried rice from the Chinese restaurant across the
street. After Marina opened her
presents, which included two shipped in from America (Thanks Erin and
Francesca!), we then proceeded to kick the boys out and have a pajama
party…Twilight Style. Marina loves
Twilight, so we started at 7 with the first movie, and didn’t rest until we
made it through the first three at 1 AM.
Then she decided it was time for bed.
Was Marina truly spoiled on this day, yes. For those of you who know her though, you can
understand why she deserved every last bit.
Marina is a quiet girl who likes to read and listen to new music. She is rarely outspoken in her opinion, and
almost never asks for anything but the essentials. So when I asked her what she wanted to do on
her birthday, and she told me all these things, we just had to do them. She is a quietly incredible girl, and for
once we were able to reward her for being so amazing, so we did, in an epically
amazing teenage girl way.
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