Monday,
November 29, 2010
FOREVER FAMILY DAY!
As I write this, Grace is snuggling on the bed with ‘baba’.
We were taken to the Civil Affairs Office for 2:30 p.m. and had
to complete some more paper work. There were 2 other American
families in the same room also waiting for their children. Just
before 3, ‘Rong Rong’ (as her nannies call her) was brought in
and told her mama and baba were here. At first she was more keen
on Mike holding her but did warm up to me! She did fine in the
room but started to get upset as we left the building. She
enjoyed cheerios on the way back to the hotel but started crying
again as we came in to the lobby. She cried hard for about 45
minutes, eventually crying herself to sleep. She now seems to be
rousing.
This little girl has been through so much and we are expecting
many more hours of tears, may be days. Today alone, she’s been
on a 3 and a half hour train journey and thrust into the arms of
strangers who cannot understand what she is saying. So, please
continue to pray for her. We have been told she is ‘very clever’
and ‘cries a lot’ so not being understood must be very
frustrating. As heart breaking as the tears sound, all the
adoption books we read tell us that they are a good sign – that
she is grieving the life she knew and is therefore capable of
attachment. You can only imagine what must be going through her
head. She came to us wearing all the clothes she owns and is
refusing to let us take her coat off so may be a bath and PJs
are not on the menu tonight. We were not able to ask the nannies
questions today but will meet with them tomorrow. We are most
concerned to know about her eyesight. She holds her head at
strange angles, as if she is only able to see in certain
positions. Touch seems to be very important to her so we are
thinking that she has very poor near sight (which is what we
were told).
Please pray for this little girl to soon know she can trust us.
Please enjoy the pictures!
Thanks for all your love and support, Margaret and Mike |
Here she is!
Fun with "Baba"
More hugs |
