One of the most heartwarming and heart wrenching parts of volunteering at Casa de los Niños is seeing siblings interacting with each other. Most of the children admitted into Casa de los Niños have at least one sibling and some have many more. Siblings are separated into different age groups and are given time with each other every day. But throughout the day, when the groups see each other in passing, siblings will hug each other and proudly tell everyone, “ This is my sister/brother!” I have seen a new admit who was two years old say his sister’s name over and over again. At the most difficult time of this child’s stay at Casa de los NIños, his arrival, he was calling out for his sister, a 7 year old admit in a separate building, because she was the only person who took care of him at home. Later that day, when he saw his sister in a playground separated by a fence from him, they held hands through the fence and touched their foreheads together. It is scenes such as this that make me face the harsh reality about the children at Casa de los Niños: that they were disadvantaged since birth and that they will always face tremendously difficult circumstances as they grow up. For these children, it is a luxury just to spend time with their siblings.