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Sunday, May 11, 2003

Today was Mother’s Day! We had a great time, hanging out inside. For the first time ever, we entertained ourselves for nearly an hour without asking 妈妈Mama to play with us. We brought in a little table into our room and gave ourselves breakfast in the bedroom (Lucky Charms!) while 妈妈Mama lay in bed (she has been sick for several weeks and was very tired from being up all nights coughing). 姐姐(JieJie) read me several books and we set up our little play area like a library with books displayed on the bookshelves.

JieJie and I helped Mama finish off the invitations for Jo-Ayi’s bridal shower. Mama says we have been a huge help.

妈妈 says there have been a lot of really fun things about my memory lately:

• I was flipping through the crossword puzzle book that姐姐(JieJie) took from Rite-Aid thinking it was free (妈妈Mama intends to return it with us this week). When I got to crossword puzzle #20, I told 妈妈 – we live on this floor! By golly, I was right!
• I also remembered another thing from December or January completely unprompted, something Mama didn’t even realize that I registered back then. However, Mama can no longer remember what it was. If she remembers, she’ll write it down later. PS (5/12/2003): Mama remembers what it was! Back in January while I was staying with Uncle Bob, Sophia borrowed my diamond band and lost it. We searched high and low for it for 10-20 minutes before finding it. I hadn’t given it another thought either that evening or in the last several months, but Sophia apparently had. Out of the blue, a few days ago, Sophia was looking at my ring and reminded me of how she had lost my ring while we were at Yi-Gong’s. Tonight at Pancake House, the topic came up again and she said that she remembered that Yi-Gong, not Gong-Gong was the one who ultimately found the ring. I have to confess that I have no recollection. If she hadn’t reminded me of the situation, I’m sure I never would have given it another thought again. Kiana also reminded me this evening of how Sophia (although I can’t recall whether it was Sophia or Kiana, truth be told) lost my silver/ruby ring on the plane last year. I do recall that and how Kiana, Sophia, and I were on all fours looking for the darn ring and where it might have rolled. We had half the plane looking for that ring! Baba was watching the movie with his headphones and didn’t notice the excitement around him as we pulled out cushions and peeked under seats for several rows back. Funny how Kiana remembered and that was another one of those things that I hadn’t given another thought to. We found the ring an hour later and I think that perhaps Baba may have been the one to find it after he realized that the several rows around him were in a tizzy thinking it was my engagement ring.