Sunday, April 21, 2013

Our Beautiful Boys

 Prayers and good vibes needed.  These boys and their parents who have been in Lucy's life since before she came home who are such an important part of her story and who we love like brothers/sons are needing some love.

Their daddy has cancer. Things are looking grim.

Please surround these sweeties and their mom and dad in all the love and healing you can muster. 


Tuesday, April 9, 2013

It is Time.

The time is rapidly approaching.  We must travel back to Ethiopia.  Almost every night the questions are coming, "were you there when I came out of her tummy?"  "is she alive?"  "did I cry in the orphanage"  "I think she is dead..." 

Her heart and mind are open right now.  The questions I can not answer are coming forth and although there is no guarantee that the answers will come when we travel, at least she'll have a connection that she can remember, at least she'll know we tried and that I support her in her quest.

Our biggest burden is finances.  I cut my last credit card with the adoption tax credit and it's a huge relief not having that burden.  I don't have a solid savings and stinky life situations (fractured elbows, bad teeth, rising gas prices...) keep our savings from blooming. 

Our goal is Spring 2014. 

First step is getting the girl a passport.


Sunday, March 31, 2013

Animal Whisperer

Lucille LOVES animals and most animals love her. They are drawn to her and they anchor her. She is at her most regulated and focused when there is an animal near her.
for some reason our old old cat Azazel LOVES to sit by Lucy she reads. It's the cutest thing. Lucy loves it. It's like we have our very own reading incentive program right in our home.

even my mom's dog loves Lucy.
of course good old Zep. He is unhappy and anxious anytime Lucy is out of the house, pacing back and forth back and forth until she is home where she belongs. 




 

Friday, March 29, 2013

So anyways ....

I'm really really starting again.

Is there anybody out there?  

We are here and we are good.  Lucy is still 7 and still as funny and full of life as ever.  See?
I last left off in October, mere days before the big fall:
oh the irony. Lucy was all dressed up as a zombie.  Covered in fake blood, I even left her hair down and stuck leaves and twigs in it so it looked like she just emerged from the grave. It was a good costume, and possible not appropriate for the church Halloween party that we were about to attend.  It was a beautiful fall afternoon so Lucy was climbing a tree at the neighbors, when she slipped and fell, there was a skinny little patch of walk way and like an arrow to the bulls eye she fell right on that cement.  I knew right away she busted a bone in her arm.  I was all "cool" because in my head, you break a bone and you go get a cast and then you go home.  

*special secret: if you want to be seen VERY VERY quickly in the ER, have your kid dressed in a very bloody shirt.

turns out, a fractured elbow requires surgery and pins and a lot of recovery. So Lucy and her unkempt hair, and the twigs and leaves and her mama spent the night at the hospital.  Above you see a very looped up Lucy.

but our lives haven't been all hospital drama.  We've also had that regular type of drama that one might expect from a very very spirited girl:
you know, the kind that requires one to stare forlornly out of the window when mom cuts off the Taki consumption and tv.

It's spring now and our big thing is dreaming and scheming for our return trip to Ethiopia. We are taking Auntie Jen and hoping for some treasured memories and some grounding moments. It's time. It is. Only thing stopping us at this point is finances. 

I will leave you with Lucy the reader! 

More soon.