In the last episode, I read the beautiful and sweet letter, that Thomas had written for me. He wrote that he hoped our journey would be swift from now on and that soon, we would walk bathed in clear light. And in expressing his deep love to me, and our little one that was on the way, he wished for all the blessings in the universe to come down and rest upon us.
The first big blessing came at the end of October 1972, the long awaited immigration court, granted Thomas, a permanent residence visa. Our whole family was relieved that we had finally overcome that hurdle, and now we could start over, hopefully with a more stable and normal lifestyle in our new home in Hayward.
To celebrate the occasion, and to make an official announcement that I was pregnant, we invited my parents, and my grandparents to our house for the afternoon. I don’t think they knew what to expect, when they walked in the door; they were now entering into our hippie, drop out, tune in world!
