Ma was not thrilled when she found out she was pregnant with me. Her two older children, a daughter and a son, were grown up and she did not look forward to a newborn baby. When I was born, baba said 'don't worry, she'll be my daughter.' Of course that was a grand statement; ma still did the bulk of child-raising but she loved repeating what baba had said. It was also to emphasize that contrary to being disappointed (upon having a 2nd daughter), baba was happy.
Ma believed I brought luck to the family when I was born. Why? Because ma and baba bought their first fluorescent light and baba bought a gold locket for ma.
I love childhood pictures and these ones made me smile :):)
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