I felt like I was in Moscow for a minute

I know that in the past 2 weeks I talked about telling others that Anna is adopted and how it sometimes upsets me. I have to say I am guilty too of telling others so I must learn to be more tolerant of my family. Lesson learned.

I have the unique opportunity to take my Mother to and from her appointments in NYC. Tuesday was one of those appointments. Just for her vaccine, these are long days from start to finish. I have never taken Anna for one of these days because for a little child the wait can be long and boring. Do to the holiday weekend the wait was longer then usual, we waited 3 hours to just see the doctor.

I am getting better at packing things for Anna to do when we wait. I think of Stacy every time I pull out my zip lock bag of guys. At our first meeting this is what she did and I never told her how amazing I thought it was, now we do the same. I included in a couple of 100 piece puzzles. We found a spot in the waiting room where Anna had a table to play on, I had to sit on the floor that is how busy it was.

We unpacked her tiger puzzle. Anna went right to work. First she put the edge together then started to work on the middle. Anna worked intently on the puzzle. We talked about the pieces, I praised her as she found the perfect fit. We had talked about how she had to be quiet in the waiting room, so she promptly put her finger to a man talking to his son and said "shhhh, quiet please." Yes I told her that she was not allowed to do that but I did chuckle because she is really listening to me.

The couple next to us were amazed by how she loves to puzzle. They told me she is a very special little girl. I could hear the Russian accent in the woman's voice. I asked if there were any good Russian restaurants close by? She looked at me and exclaimed "I knew you were Russian!" I giggled and told her Anna was Russian to which I was corrected by the woman. She said "Funny she looks Chuvash not Russian?" Once I giggled because Anna is Chuvash.

We talked about how I adopted Anna and that she was the light of my life. I told her about how every time I hear someone speak Russian I feel like a part of me is home. We talked about pickled tomatoes and other foods I loved while I was there. I told her how I drive to Net Cost in Sheepshead bay for Russian foods. She laughed because that is where she shops. Then I saw a tears in the lady's eyes. She thanked me for adopting Anna. I was so moved by her unexpected kindness towards us. I promised her that I would always take good care of Anna.

After we saw the doctor I took Anna for a walk. I was shocked to see one of the street vendors had a fruit that I ate while I was in Russia. I bought some and for a minute I was back in Russia walking with my precious baby girl.

More about our appointment with the doctor later.


Fruit from NYC May 2011


Fruit from Moscow July 2009

I would love to know what these are called.