March 21, 2012
Feliz Cumpleaños a Sara (that’s what my community calls me).
I just had the largest birthday party of my life. I got to the school today in
the late morning, after I relaxed and finished up my laundry. All the kids sang
to me, in English and Spanish. It was really sweet. Each kid made a point to
come up to me individually and wish me a happy birthday.
After school, the whole town came and threw a huge party for
me. There must have been more than a hundred people there. Several people gave
speeches, and then I had to give one (of course). They made arroz con pollo; we
had two huge cakes; and we finished up the party with a piñata.
I headed home after the party, wiped out. But my family had
a cake ready for me when I got home. Everyone around the house came to the
rancho to sing to me again and enjoy some more cake.
I would say it was a pretty good day. I don’t know how I’ll
every get used to boring, American birthdays after this.
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