Wednesday, July 22, 2015

2 Years In....

Random thoughts as I ponder....."Gotcha Day" & "Hit our Hometown Day"

2nd anniversary has come and gone....  June 17th 2013 was our official "Gotcha Day"... and June 24th 2013 was the day we stepped off the plane in Presque Isle as a family of four....

Time sure does fly.  We recently celebrated Sheldine's 8th birthday (8 YEARS OLD)...  she is growing too fast for this tender Momma's heart..(8 inches in 2 years!!!  That has got to be some sort of record!!).... Neffy will be 8 in less than 2 months!  ..... they are blossoming and becoming more and more independent and comfortable with their surroundings...  as happy as I am about that...  it is bitter sweet... 

As I look back over these last 2 years and how much has happened and all that the girls have adjusted to and overcome...  I am proud.  Proud that they are good kids... with amazing hearts...  they are learning to love their home and family... they are making friends and learning what real friendship is all about.  They are creating memories and even talk about things we did a year ago..  that makes my heart smile.  They are learning about Jesus and what a church family is ....   they are trying to understand authority and what "normal" authority in their lives means.  They are learning how to love and live in a family home with a Mom & Dad...  and with each other...they are learning how to communicate and interact with people on an every day basis....  Every single aspect of what they knew is different...   and after 2 years... we are still transitioning and teaching and learning ...  Most people assume that after 2 years these kids should have "gotten it" by now... OH HOW UNTRUE and unconceivable...  these children were plucked from their home, friends, family, culture, climate, country, language, education, play ground...  every single thing in their day is now different...not one thing is the same...   I am so proud!!! 

We have made many choices in these last 2 years that are probably hard for most of our close circle and even those not so close to understand...  we still spend a lot of time at home... They call this "cacooning"... Like you would with a newborn baby...  they are still adjusting to what a "normal" home is... what a "normal" family is...  we are still working to instill that into their hearts and minds... we are still working on that fear in them... "will they send me back"... "do they love me"... "will they leave me".....  We are still working on bathroom habits...  naughty behavior that a typical 3-4 year old would struggle with...  we still work on explaining what some very basic words mean...  but I am so proud! 

This year they will enter 1st grade at Fort Fairfield Elementary School....  and I can't wait to see how much they learn and grow this year....  they are about 2 years behind where they should be... but they are so smart... considering all they have witnessed and learned and overcome in their short lives...  I am so proud!  These girls are fighters...  survivors....  deep emotional feelers....  tender and tough....  I am so proud!

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