Dear Geoff,
Here are a couple of photos that include my extended South African family. We took these on our visit in December 2008. Modiehi (Heather) lived with our family in Huntsville back in 1997-1998, while she attended graduate school here. Her degree is from the Medical University in Pretoria, but she came to Alabama to get her Master's degree in nutrition.
She met her husband Mothusi Sedibe (Floyd), while he was also studying here and they got married in Huntsville (though we did have to help negotiate lebola from halfway around the world!). They have since returned to South Africa, had two lovely children (Lesedi is 8 and Khutso is 5), and Heather is working on her PhD and is a research associate at Wits.
Heather is both a daughter and sister to me, and I am her children's "American Grandma." Heather's family still lives in Tembisa, where she grew up, and Floyd's family is still in Springs. They live in Norkem Park. They are truly our family, in the real sense of "family" and are one of the main reasons that we love South Africa so much.
The first photo is of my daughter Grace with Lesedi. The second includes Heather's family - on the front row are her mom and dad, Zeeza and Madimetja (Laiza and Albert) Legodi, Lesedi and Khutso. Back row is her niece Lebogang, Heather, sister Mahlodi, my son Luke, me, brother Thabo, and my children Ben and Grace.
Thanks for letting me share my family with yours!
Heidi
(Heidi is our twinning buddy in Huntsville. God bless you Heidi for sharing)
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