It’s hot out and we’re lurking in the shade. We talk to each other in mixes of Lao, English, motions and laughter, understanding little and smiling much.
The kids of Pha Theung are out of school for the day, free to play just a while before going home to prepare meals, look after siblings, clean the house. Our languages don’t mesh well enough for us to have conversations–we fall short after a few words and settle with laughing, passing snacks around, and looking at one another.
But here, where our lives, languages, …

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