It Is See You Later

 A beautiful thing about New York City, is that so many people from all over our beautiful world come visit. That means we get to meet up with a lot of friends and family from all over the world when they come visit.

 This past week Ms. Clara, Henry's teacher in Singapore, was here on a quick trip with her family. We just got to spend a few minutes with her at our playground. That short period of time was just wonderful. My heart was so full with love and joy when I saw her. She is such a lovely person, and loves Henry so much. It also helped curb my homesickness for Singapore. 



Henry was so excited to see Ms. Clara. He ran in and gave her big hug. It makes me so happy that he had a positive experience with school and our time in Sing. Ms. Clara was a big part of that. She was so sweet and brought the kids some Star Wars tsum tsum, because she know we are big Star Wars fans.

It was a sweet visit. We talked about how we have learned from each other's cultures on child rearing. We both agreed we want to take the good from each and blend it together. 

 She also told me that when they call roll in class the kids will say that Henry is missing, even though we have been gone for what 3, 4 months now. Then one will pipe up and say that he is back in New York. I wanted to cry it made me so happy. I love his little class, and spent so much time with those sweet kids. Henry still talks about them sometimes. It has gotten less and less since time has gone. Makes me home sick for Singapore.


When you live abroad the friendships you make are really strong ones. There are so many people we have met from all our experiences abroad, and I love those friends something fierce. Grateful for those 45 minutes we had to visit with Ms. Clara. It was the high light of the week, and also highlighted that goodbyes are not forever. It is see you later.  

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