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On November 28, 2007, we were invited to Dale & Piriya’s wedding. Dale is a kind, handsome Caucasian man, always with smile on his face. Piriya is a beautiful, shy woman from Thailand. Since she works in a Thai restaurant, the food on the wedding was undoubtedly Thai food.
Before we went, M (my husband, referred as “daddy”, “M”, “the little thing’s daddy” since we don’t know the baby’s sex yet, and etc) and I were little bit worried: Piriya said they would cook the food as typical Thailand style.
Oh, my goodness! I know how authentic Thai food tastes like!
M and I were prepared to have a bowl of cereal when we came back home…
When we arrived at the wedding, without any surprise, we saw several Thai women there. They must be Piriya’s friends, I guessed.
Then several beautiful children caught my eyes: they all have deep-set eyes and high noses, obviously they are not Asian children. But their skins are a little bit darker than typical Caucasian children. They sat together and talked with each other quietly. Occasionally, they looked around and if their eyes caught yours, they would gave you a shy and friendly smile.
I looked at their mother and father. Then I understood: these lovely children are mixed-blood. Although they can speak perfect English, you can still tell some Asian cultural influence from them.
Suddenly, I remembered a line from Al Pacino’s role (Michael Corleone) in the beginning of Godfather Part III: children are the most precious treasures to parents.
Yes, children are the most precious treasures to parents. No matter what their skin color look like, what language they speak, what family they come from, they are the most priceless things parents can get, and they are the best gifts given by the God.
I look at these gorgeous and well-behaved children and smiled. One day, next year, my baby will be born. He/she will be the best gift I receive from the God, and I am determined to give him/her a bright future.
