Laowai

I sing to my babies like most mothers must. I sing a version of Where Have All The Flowers Gone to Claire. I’ve changed it to Where Have All The Wa Wows Gone because I’m always searching for a wa wow (pacifier) as I put her down. Plus it’s a sleepy song that I like the sound of. Of course I don’t sing (or think about) the parts about soldiers and graveyards – that’s much too sad. I just wish I had a voice as beautiful as Mary Travers.

When I was pregnant with Bea I saw Three Amigos on TV and I laughed ’till I cried. Brian thought I’d lost it because I found it so funny. I always figured it was because of some pregnancy funny bone that I found the movie so very very hilarious. When Bea was a baby I sang our own version of My Little Buttercup:

My little buttercup, her name is Bea
My little buttercup, looks just like me
My little buttercup, buttercup, buttercup,
I love you