Letters from Grenada

Archive for October 11th, 2008

a thursday in may

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Thursday, May 18th, 2006. Four days before my due date but I planned to be two weeks overdue. I had lots of nesting scheduled. I was carrying small and feeling great. I had only stopped working ten days earlier, and only because of my swollen ankles.
First thing, I [...]

Posted on October 11th, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: backstory, Grenada, living abroad, motherhood, pregnancy. Comments Off

maria at piscesinpurple dot com

My name is María. I like wasabi, patronize bunny rabbits and think red wine really needs to stop pretending it's not purple.

I lived in Caribbean for four glorious years. My son - Joaquín the illustrious Bean - was born on the island of Grenada. He's beautiful, brilliant and has two birth certificates.

Now we're back in the land of snow and afternoon sunsets, and all the diet Coke and Thomas the Tank Engine in the world won't cushion the blow of such culture shock.

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