Oh, what's this?
Another pretty postcard in the mail today.
From Daughter Number Three.
She and some of her teacher friends took advantage of a few days' break from school for a wee vacation. And knowing that I am a postcard aficionado, she thoughtfully sent several my way.
Looks like she's having a fun time.
Eating
Shopping
Visiting some historical sites
Posting generously to her Instagram stories.
I'm glad she's having a good time.
* * * * *
It's only at this point in my reverie that the truth reaches my brain.
My daughter is vacationing in Tawain.
Taiwan!
A place that five years ago, I would have been hard-pressed to find on a map.
A country that is completely and utterly foreign to me.
An exotic land far away across the Pacific.
And, at least in my imagination,
A mysterious part of the deep and menacing Chinese empire.
But so accustomed have I become to my tiny daughter's globetrotting ways that her spending a week in Taiwan seems like a perfectly ordinary thing to do.
Now my pretty postcards are tiny reminders of my daughter's bold adventures and her courageous spirit.
I'm very proud of her.
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