Why You Were Taken

Journal entry 1988

Westville

In the news: 6 African National Congress guerrillas are injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

What I’m listening to: Johnny Cash is Coming to Town

What I’m reading: Dr Spock’s The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care

What I’m watching: Good Morning Vietnam

P loves the babies so much. He is good at comforting them. He sings in a really deep voice – these silly made-up songs – and makes these funny faces and then they stop fussing and laugh. Sometimes they laugh at the same time and that’s the funniest thing, then we all laugh together.