The morning of my cousin's wedding, I went in to the hotel room that Gabriela was sharing with my mom to get my new dress, which I had hung in their closet when we first arrived. I'm not usually the type to hang clothes up, so the fact that it was on a hanger at all was amazing in itself. I thought that the heaviness of the hem and the drape of the fabric was all ingeniously designed to keep it looking wrinkle-free, and I remarked on it to Mama: "Wow, what a great dress! I just hung it up overnight, and look, no wrinkles!" Amazement that faded into embarrassment once I saw the look on her face, and noticed the ironing board set up in the room. I'm sure it was more or less the same look I got when I was little, and when told that "Mama doesn't have the money to buy you that toy," I had apparently said, "That's easy, let's just go to the bank and get some, then."
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The Teeny Travelers
The Teeny Travelers are now Bella, 7, and Matias, 3 years old. We're collectively from the Philippines, the U.S., Sweden, Finland, and Singapore (take your pick). After 5 years in Beijing, and 2 in Singapore, we are now living in the seaside town of Rowayton, CT (and still traveling!)
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When the Teeny Traveler was even Teenier...
I wrote a pregnancy blog for Storknet as well - I flew a lot through the whole pregnancy, and wrote from all over the place: the Aland Islands in Finland, Stockholm, Palawan, Manila and the Taal Volcano, Washington DC, our house in Rowayton, CT, and of course, Beijing. I may not have been funnier when I was pregnant, but I certainly had more time to write.
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