Questa è Enida

• Did you know that her sentences lately start with either “Mom, do you remember in Moscow…” or “Mom remember when we were in Calgary…”?

• Did you know that she has been singing her own song with the chorus, “I want you to be there, I just wanna be happy and I don’t wanna have to wait anymore…”?

• Did you know that she sings herself to nap in the car on the way home from school, and sings herself to sleep with the same lines from her own song every night? Yes, the chorus.

• Did you know that she talks about how tall Cody’s dad is and wonders if you are actually taller?

• Did you know that she still thinks that no one can make pancakes better than yours?

• Did you know that she likes the smell of my apple pie because somehow it reminds her of you and Grandma’s kitchen?

• Did you know that she teases her brother, “Mommy’s boy!” and knows the boy wouldn’t tease her “Daddy’s girl!” because you are not around?

• Did you know that she thinks of you whenever she sees an accordion and recalls you playing your favorite Cielito Lindo?

• Did you know that she remembers almost all your checkered shirts and their colors?

• Did you know that she still likes squash that Grandma makes and your freshly baked multi-grain loaves?

• Did you know that she wonders where exactly your new place is and if you have a bed for her if she comes visit?

• Did you know that she had been practicing the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star song on the violin and was excited to perform to you last Christmas?

• Did you know that she sometimes thinks of you as a star and wonders where you are?

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And every time she talks about you, her eyes twinkle.

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