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Here’s another blog about Annie. She and her mom came over for dinner, and Annie brought an anime “Sen Chihiro” puzzle that she said she has treasured since she was little. Adam looked it up online, and it’s the same as “Spirited Away” which we have heard of in the West. Annie said that dragons in Eastern culture are considered sacred, something very different from the Western myths where heros must slay the evil dragon.

After we assembled the puzzle, there was a special message on the back:

It is so nice to think that she will always be with us. We’ll get to know this sweet kid as she grows up and see what she becomes.

Annie makes me think of my cousins Becky and SC. I was young, but I still remember when they were born, and I have proudly watched them like an older sister as they have grown into beautiful young women, in and out.

I enjoy getting older and watching children grow up. I read on my college friend Melanie’s myspace how she is loving being a mother, watching her infant son begin to discover the world. I thought about how different we are in our current lives. She in rural America with a baby and I in Asia with no immediate plans for such. But I feel a joy similar to Melanie’s in caring for friends and looking out for a few special kids like Annie, Felicia, and Becky and SC (who aren’t really kids anymore).

I’m looking forward to being a mom someday. But not yet. Don’t get any ideas.

-Jessica