Just a quick anecdote that I thought you might enjoy...
This morning, the nurse taking care of the 8-year-old with burns was putting bacitracin over her eye wounds and some chapstick on her lips to keep them from drying out. The little girl started saying something in her native language, so the nurse got an interpreter. She was saying that she wanted more "makeup"! This entire time, when we have been putting bacitracin and chapstick on her, she thought we were putting on makeup to make her beautiful. And in a way, we ARE putting that stuff on her face to make her beautiful. She will be beautiful once again when her wounds have healed. :)
She also requested some "sparkles", which are (apparently) an eye makeup used by Afghan women. I'll see if I can find some at the Haji market on base ...
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