Every once in a while, Leah will suddenly say something about China. Last week, when she came with me to pick the corn in the garden, she saw what it was and exclaimed, "Daddy, we had corn in China, I think!"
Yesterday, as we were sitting outside at the fruit stand in West Salem having peach shortcake and ice cream, Leah suddenly told me, out of the blue, "Daddy, there aren't any daddies in China."
She was obviously thinking about her life now, and her life then. Some gentle inquiries revealed that she was missing China, and her friends. We agreed that I would take her back to China some day when she was older, if she still wanted to go, but we also explained that many of her friends aren't in China any more - their families came and brought them home too!
We had a big snuggle tonight.
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