Tuesday, July 18
Today was an amazing day! UyenThi, Mary Ann, and I go to visit Co Ba, my parents' friend. She has invited us over for lunch, but first we have to call upon some old friends of my parents and deliver gifts that she had purchased with the small amount of money my parents had sent. We hop onto the ubiquitous scooter and stop at five homes.
At one home, the family pulls out an old photo album, and shows us a blotted picture of my parents' wedding day. I've seen their wedding photos before, but to have it suddenly appear before me in a stranger's house halfway around the world is mind-boggling. What makes my head spin even more is the fact that that picture was taken here. It's as if after 25 years, the ends of the circle have finally met.
I decide that this weekend, I will go to Tram Chim, where I was born.
