Wow! Here’s a Story! I know it’s an old story, about when Cynthia was a baby, every work-day I took her to the home of one of my colleagues, Hiro. Hiro’s wife Kumi took care of Cynthia and their own daughter Sachiko. It seems Kumi really really wanted to teach Cynthia her first word and make a nice surprise for me.
So one evening when I came to get Cynthia, there she was standing up against the coffee table (she was not yet one) and she threw both arms straight up high into the air and called out ‘Banzai!’ Sooo cute! (So smart! So advanced for her age!)
Hiro and Kumi are living in Japan now. In the photo Sachi (the name she goes by) is standing to Hiro’s right. She is living in New Haven and will marry Rich, the man at her right, in December. To Kumi’s left is their son Go and his girlfriend Vivian who are living in UK.