First Christmas 1977

I was born on November 28, 1977.  Here I am, with my mother in the red socks.  The woman next to her was our neighbor, Angel Lopez, and her infant daughter, Angie, whom was born about 2 weeks before I was.  This was at my family home in Long Beach, California.  

Angel became my on-again-off-again babysitter.  She had 3 other daughters, Brenda, Jeni, and Maryann, and a husband named Roman.  Angel barely spoke English, as Spanish was her first language.  My mom barely spoke English, as Korean was her first language.  

They were both pregnant at the same time and going through living in a foreign country, raising American babies.  Christmas was the time to showcase these beautiful babies they made.  Angie and Jeni became my good childhood friends, but we lost touch.