Fortune cookies

[marydell]

I started saving fortune-cookie fortune slips when we started our China adoption process in 2006.  When we gave up on going to China (although it's still sort of a possibility) I stopped saving them, but we still eat a lot of fortune cookies so the slips tend to end up all over the house.  Charlie (who was adopted here in the states, but is Chinese) just got ahold of one and tried to eat it. I rescued it/him.  His fortune is "Grant yourself a wish this year, only you can do it." and his "learn Chinese" word is "jiang" - Ginger. 

His birthday is tomorrow so I'm choosing to regard this as meaningful, although the actual meaning escapes me. His Chinese name is Jialin but it's not the same "jia" as the one in "jiang" (I don't know how to represent the pinyin accenting in html, but there are different accents, and his name is two characters whereas "jiang" is one)  so I don't think that's a shocking coincidence. Although it would be fun if it was.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Happy incipient birthday, Charlie. :)

I really love the way you write about your son.

[marydell.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) We can't have the party we hoped for, because we are sick and my MIL is having mobility trouble, but we are going to have a nice small birthday dinner at MIL's house. So I think it will be a fun birthday.

Also there is a Chinese first-birthday tradition that his birth P's told me about (I wrote and asked if they have any family traditions they want to share), that will be cool and fun, and I'll post video of it after it happens. For now it is SEKRIT although I think anyone Chinese will probably know it.

[redrose3125.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to the solstice baby!