A highlight of quarantine was the birthday celebration of our dear friend, Maya, formerly known as “Baby Maya,” daughter of my dear friend, Kallie. Maya is my daughter Olivia’s oldest friend–oldest meaning “long term”–with their relationship going on 18 years. Maya was an infant and Olivia 15 months old when Kallie and I met on the streets of Antigua, Guatemala, where we’d moved to wait out/finalize our adoptions, back in 2003-04. Over coffee and conversation, Kallie and I quickly discovered we both lived in California, less than 30 minutes from each other, and had a million things in common. Our girls and we have been fast friends ever since.
Here are a few snaps from our days together, beginning at the famous Hotel Antigua (now the Porta Hotel Antigua), and continuing in an Antigua horse and carriage ride with matching purses, at a holiday festival and the Snoopy Skating Rink, and masked with Maya’s kitty and my son Mateo at the birthday event.
Happy birthday, dear Maya! We love you!
