{"id":258,"date":"2011-10-31T13:51:45","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T20:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/?p=258"},"modified":"2011-10-31T13:51:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T20:51:45","slug":"pretty-in-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Pretty in Pink"},"content":{"rendered":"

She is pretty in pink. And her father is beaming as he holds her. When I ask if Dad and babe will be \u201ccrossing\u201d, he shakes his head emphatically, \u201cNo, no.\u201d He is getting ready to journey home to Sinaloa. They have bus tickets. I look around the crowded sidewalk for this beautiful child’s mother, but it appears that it is just Dad and \u201cLeslie\u201d, this baby’s name.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLeslie?\u201d, I repeat? <\/span><\/p>\n

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Pretty in Pink<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cYes…this is Leslie\u201d. She is well-nourished, she is 3 months old, and she makes good eye-contact with us.\u00a0 Baby Leslie is immediately swept up in the arms of my Samaritan colleague. We both coo and fuss over this child, and she responds with a shy little smile. <\/span><\/p>\n

And I can’t help but think that this is a very American sounding name. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLeslie.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

I ask about her mother—where is she? Dad shrugs—his facial expression changes abruptly. He does not know. Baby Leslie begins to fuss and Dad comforts her quickly and expertly. He asks if we have baby clothes. Maybe a blanket?\u00a0 And shoes—his shoes are worn and without shoelaces. <\/span><\/p>\n

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new shoes, new life<\/p><\/div>\n

Thankfully today we have a lot of baby and children’s clothes. And shoes. And clean new socks. Dad finds what he needs inside the shelter, and I watch them walk up the street with clothes, immigration documents, and a determined step. <\/span><\/p>\n

And I wonder the rest of the day about baby Leslie’s mother. <\/span><\/p>\n

And I wonder about the long trip to Sinaloa, one of the most dangerous states in Mexico. <\/span><\/p>\n

And I hope Leslie and her Dad are not stepping from the frying pan into the fire.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She is pretty in pink. And her father is beaming as he holds her. When I ask if Dad and babe will be \u201ccrossing\u201d, he shakes his head emphatically, \u201cNo, no.\u201d He is getting ready to journey home to Sinaloa. They have bus tickets. I look around the crowded sidewalk for this beautiful child’s mother, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}