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| Steven in Budapest, Spring 1995 |
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| Steven in Denver, Spring 2011 |
Well in Hungary, a child whose name is Steven/Istvan is often nicknamed Pishti, or Ishti Pishti. Practically speaking that was (and is) Steven's name to people who we lived with in Budapest for 3 years.
Our friends Paul and Stacey were the first people on earth besides Susy and me to see Pishti when he was about 3 minutes old! I got a message from our friend Debbie the other day who only knows Steven as a 1-year-old named Pishti. She and her husband Bobby still live in Hungary.
It is such a crack-up to me to hear from other friends and family - Suzanne and Rob, Dwight and Kelly, Sue, Wendy, Corey, Patty, Calvin and Kristi and a slew of others - who want to wish Pishti a happy birthday!
So to all of our friends around the world who know us from those days in Hungary, Ishti Pishti is 17 years old today!
Pishti took my breath away the first time I saw him, and this picture of Steven at 17 is having the same effect. I remember Susy pushing through those months of pregnancy, fighting off a cough that just wouldn't go away. I remember standing literally at the open doorway to the birthing rooms and thinking, "Only in Hungary," then leaving the hospital through a congested hallway of women in hospital gowns who had clearly just given birth, now chain smoking, and again thinking, "Only in Hungary." Thank you for sparking the memories and for the reminder to celebrate Steven today! This is Stacey posting, can't edit Paul out :)
ReplyDeleteI can't believe Ishti Pishti is 17! Should I say congratulations or send condolences? It goes by so fast.
ReplyDeleteHey Stacey and Paul - I had forgotten about the women in the hospital chain smoking! What a crazy memory!
ReplyDeleteLove you guys, and so glad we share this incredible history!
Brian