The coolest adoption story ever.

Ok, so this isn't really an adoption story. It's really a story about the blending of cultures in an adopted family. My friend Brooke's mother is visiting Albuquerque right now. She has a friend who is Japanese who is married to a handsome German man. I actually have no idea if he is handsome or not but in my imagination he is. They are in their fifties. Obviously fertility was going to be an issue. They have adopted a beautiful little girl from Ecuador. They've named her Sara. She's two now and is a thriving happy little girl. Both mom and dad speak English so the little girl also speaks English quite well. They also want her to be fluent in their native tongues as well. So mom speaks Japanese to Sara and Sara speaks Japanese back. Dad speaks German to Sara and Sara speaks German back. Sara is going to be quite the multi lingual child. Brooke and Yoshiko (Brooke's mom) were visiting the family and Brooke thought it would be polite to entertain the little girl so the adults could visit. Sara was being very shy at first but once Brooke started speaking to her in Japanese she opened right up. I have this image in my head of this beautiful, dark skinned, dark eyed little Ecuadorian (is that a word?) speaking fluent Japanese....and German...and English. And it makes me smile.