The Observer (Kampala)  Uganda: Just Writing - Graciously
Learning Life's Little Beginnings  As I write this, the little
guy just made fourteen months a few days ago and I'm very glad
for that. Only fourteen months it's been but the things he has
taught me... He doesn't even know who I am exactly. In his mind,
I am sure I'm just another structure his eyes see every other
day.  I am learning from the master anyway and feel like I will
graduate summa cum laude come the end of my studies. At this
age, he now walks and bubbles gibberish words in an attempt to
have a conversation with me.  When I eagerly ask what he's
saying exactly, he responds with more gibberish sentences, which
draw laughter from me. He then follows suit and laughs like a
circus imitator.  It's because of Jordi (that's his name though
I call him Jo) that I now know that the persistent itching in
the mouth that babies experience from around nine months is no
cause to panic because their teeth are growing. And letting them
chew on something, say