The little news of the morning (but big to me), is that my little grand-niece and grand-nephew and their mom landed safely in China and are home.
I had been so worried about them traveling so far by themselves. We're talking more than 24 hours of travel, two plane changes, and one young mother with a rambunctious 23-month old and a 4-month old baby. I had prayed especially that Holly would have kind, helpful people around to help her throughout the journey.
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| Livia and a helpful Fredrik |
My prayers were certainly answered! We received this post from Daniel yesterday:
".. Holly arrived just fine at 11:30 last night. Somebody from the airplane helped her carry the kids down to the baggage check. We all arrived at the apartment a little after midnight, after which Fredrik played with his toys until early this morning. It was a pretty long night for Holly, and I really don't know when they are going to sleep.
"Holly told me that everybody was really nice to her once she arrived in Shanghai. Having a diplomatic passport made a big difference, plus everybody wanted to look at the kids. She told me that a big crowd gathered around her after a little kid saw them and shouted that they were Asian-Caucasian mixed babies (Chinese people think that mixed babies are cuter, for some reason). We'll have to get used to big crowds of people poking at our kids."
I really got a kick out of that, so I had to share.
I mean, I think our babies are cuter - but that's because they're OURS, you know? I think this little family is going to have a very interesting sojourn in China.
My brother writes: "It's kind of strange to think that I have such ties to China now. I mean, it's only been 40 years since Nixon made his famous visit over there. It was always this exotic and kind of forbidding place. Now I have a son who speaks the language and lives there, and I have two grandkids who are half-Chinese. Go figure."
Indeed.
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