Progress

Last night we were coming home on the subway. Haley sat down next to a little girl with her dad. The little girl was holding a bouquet of flowers. Haley smiled and said hi and they kept staring at her and smiling, etc. Then the dad took a few blooms out of the bouquet and wrapped them with a string and handed them to Haley. I really didn't know how she would react. Sometimes she can be so mean to people because she doesn't like all the attention she gets. I really didn't know if she was going to throw the flowers down on the ground or be polite and grateful. Luckily, she amazed me. She smiled, smelled them, and said, "Xie, xie" (thank you) and then she even called the little girl "mei mei" (little sister). I was so relieved that she wasn't rude and so proud that she even spoke a little Chinese. That's progress.