An Unconventional Movement- the website

I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted, but I have a really good excuse….

www.hondurasresearch.net

This is my research website, which is evidence of the hard work I’ve been doing over the past few weeks getting ready for our trip to Honduras where I’ll be speaking at a conference, doing spanish study and starting fieldwork interviews for the research. Only 12 days until we leave and my to-do list is enormous so on with the work….

Bye Grandad

I started this year with three living grandparents. Now I have one. Earlier in the year my Nana (maternal) passed away. My paternal Grandad passed away last week.

I’m feeling a bit crushed by it all. Although I wasn’t especially close to my Grandad I am feeling the loss more than I did with my Nana. Maybe it is because I’m feeling the loss of both. A whole generation lost. I know it is that time of life- Grandad was in his 90’s- but I wish I had been able to spend more time with them. I wonder what they would have been able to teach me.

So I’m flying to Christchurch for the funeral on Thursday. Luis will be staying home with Maya, although it would have been nice for the family to have Maya there, it is just too expensive and too much stress to try and take her.

Here’s Maya and Grandad last year.  I’m so glad we made that trip-