Tuesday, January 8, 2013

365 days ago today I...

...Introduced two grandparents to their two sweet grand daughters

...saw for the first time this urban jungle which will be our home for several more years

And

...hand delivered a son home to his family after a 13 year absence.


During these past 365 days I have learned....

...a whole lot of Spanish

...it takes a whole family to raise children, not just a mama

...that in spite of accents, cultural misunderstandings, and wacky wives tales involving cancer causing ice - people aren't that different after all.

Here is to our first full year here in Mexico City and to the rest that come! Thanks for tagging along for the ride <3

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  1. Brava mama! You are the only person I know who is brave enough, smart enough, and generous enough to accomplish such a feat. Your familia is so lucky to have you. Here's to the next 365!
    Sasstress

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    1. Awwww, thank you! Thats quite a compliment coming from you <3

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  2. I didn't realise you'd never been there before you moved. You are BRAVE! (even I visited the US before I moved here. I wasn't sure it was going to be worth moving to!)

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    1. I had been to Tijuana , MX ... Which we all know isnt anything like the rest of Mexico. Mexico City I had never visited!

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    2. And thank you, either "brave" or "crazy" to move to a city you have never visited ;) LOL.

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  3. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I love you!! Your comment on my you-might-be-a-mexican-if just about KILLED me!! All the things that are soooooooo true when you're a U.S. mommy here that you come to learn! I read your ketchup post and I've had the SAME experience! Lol, from scoff to "Here baby, want ketchup with that zucchini?" Veggies, all meats, once a manderine orange and yes....once a pack of doritos." But ketchup has the biggest source of LYCOPENE!! Like SUPER important antioxidant! We're totall super hero moms. The doritos, well, nevermind. But ketchup is the SHIT! :D

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    1. Pretty muchEVERYTHING you say cracks me up, so the feeling is totes mutual ;)

      And hellz yes, LYCOPENE. why did I leave that out?

      LoL

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