Upon arriving this morning in Lima, Peru, Pope Leo accidentally began to address the crowds in Italian instead of Spanish. "Oh, sorry!" he said. "I'm speaking Italian." Then he switched languages and finished his speech.
Only someone who is multilingual can experience that kind of confusion! I remember when Becky and I lived in Basel and she would accidently start speaking Spanish to a German speaker. Soooo cute! Was ist going on, haha! Her brain told her, "Foreign language time!", and the first language out of her mouth was the one we had been speaking in Southern California. I would explain, "Please pardon her. She's got too many languages in her brain. She grabbed the wrong one!" We all got a big laugh out of it.
Everyone who knew Becky loved her wonderful sense of humor. She had a special way of making people smile and brightening their day. Those are memories I will carry with me always.
