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Our son is from Guatemala and our daughter is from China. We feel like all four of us Guatemalan, Chinese & American.
When we were talking to our social worker about the second adoption from Guatemala, she said that the most important thing in a child's life is diversity. So sometimes our lives and events are skewed more toward the Asian culture, and sometimes more toward the Hispanic. And some days we're very American in what we eat, say and do.
I always laugh that my Guatemalan son loves the food at Asian restaurants and there's no bigger fan of refried beans than my Chinese daughter.
We just plan to follow their cues on what their interests are and we'll always celebrate holidays and participate in events for all 3 cultures.
Probably the only thing that has truly changed in our lives since bringing home our son, is the amount of attention we get when we're out. In our city, international adoption is very common, but we're still a bit of an attention grabber with 3 different ethnicities. I'm sure as our children grow we'll have more issues with but right now that seems to be the biggest difference (other than how darn tired I am with two kids!).
Lisa
Mom to DD China 11/05
and DS Guatemala 4/08
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