Eurovillas Spain (2007)

It’s the evening of May 27. I’m in the salón, my only salón in Spain. It is here in this house where I spent my first 6 months immersed in a culture and a language that I came to know and now three years later, Michael and I are celebrating, our birthday with my Spanish family. We have finished la comida, the table has been cleared, I’m sitting on la sofá, and my móvil rings; I say ¿Hola? And then there is a voice singing, that same voice that sang to me, “rain drops on roses, whiskers on kittens, these are my favorite things” as I lay a child listening. Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you....