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Wednesday,
April 30, 2008
"What makes the
difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of
things, and it may take months or years for a wish to come
true, but it's far more likely to happen when you care so much
about a wish that you'll do all you can to make it happen."
~Fred Rogers
We have been home only one month. A short time ago SarahPearl
and I
were on opposite sides of the world. It's hard to imagine life
without
her. It seems as if I have always known her. In this month, this
little
girl has changed, oh, so much! She still loves shoes, and can
now take
them on and off. She matches pairs of them and always favors
lime green
patent leather loafers that are at least a size too big! She has
touched a cat and a dog. She has learned how to kiss and how to
pucker
up her lips to tease and tempt me with the possibility of one,
then
spurn me away with a turn of her head, and laugh hysterically!
She
walks without a hand and tries to walk up our front steps with
her hand
held. She loves the phone. She likes to walk around the house
with a
small towel cleaning every surface that she sees. She can close
the
dishwasher and start it anytime she wants. And she has learned
how
wonderful it is to unroll toilet paper by pulling it out as fast
as she
can!
She is learning and using more signs each day. She signs
friend
when there is a child she is fond of in her presence. Her skin
is
smoother, her hair shiny (when she hasn't plastered her food
into
it.)
Her skin isn't as wrinkled, and there seems to be some fat
underneath
it. Her tummy is full. In a month, she has found favorite books,
favorite toys and favorite games. In a month, she still doesn't
sleep
in a crib. In a month, she is not the little one that I met in
China.
She smiles and laughs, looks at me when she takes her bottle and
seeks
comfort when she is hurt. In a month, she knows how much she is
loved
and how much I smile when I see her.
In a month, she has learned
how to
give running hugs into her mama's arms! In a month, she has won
Michael's heart. She loves to have him lift her in the air as I
gasp. She has slept on his chest and drooled all over his face!
She
reaches her little arms for him when she sees him and wants his
arms to
catch her as she goes down the slide. They watch her signing
DVD's
and
he has ordered more of them for her. And I fall in love with him
all
over again. Eli is delighted by her, and is reluctant to ever
leave for
fear she will do something really cute just once while he is
gone and
he will hear about it secondhand. He has shown all his teen age
friends every picture he has of her. He is patient with her
impatience
in the carseat and sits next to her giving her toys she throws
at him
in her anger at being strapped in. In a month, she can travel
short
distances in the car without the drama!
In a month, she has seen the pediatrician twice, had her blood
drawn
numerous times, a plastic surgeon consult for her palate repair
and
future surgeries, an ENT twice and an audiologist. On Thursday
she
gets tubes in her ears that will hopefully improve her hearing.
She has
had my dear friend Allison see her and work on some feeding
issues. She
has been evaluated for Early Intervention. Even with all this,
she
really doesn't seem that special needs to me. Her development
has
been
remarkable!
In a month, I have found new love. I have found gratitude so
overwhelming for this child, that I want to burst. I thank God,
that he
has brought us together. I thank God for his plan. I am
certainly
heaven blessed! I would do this paperwork and agonizing wait
hundreds
of times to hold this little one, and have her look at me, reach
for
me, pat my shoulder, kiss me and insist that I not put her down
or let
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Pensive
Playful
Busy
It still feels like winter some days in the Midwest!
She loves her stroller now! |
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Eli spends his life on the floor with her now!
Her crown! |
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