Letters from Grenada

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first snow

If you’re three and a half years old and were born in the Caribbean, you figure snow only exists in movies.
And then when for the first time you see snow fall? With your very own eyes?
Magic.

Posted on December 9th, 2009 under Grenada. Tags: firsts, joaquin the illustrious bean, motherhood, reverse culture shock, snow. 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.

This is our story.

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