Saturday, June 14, 2008

Can We Get These Children Again Next Time?

Malot's name will be Malot. His birthday will be changed so that he'll turn 3 this October, but I'm fairly positive he's 4-4 1/2 right now.

We're not exactly sure how old Jessica is simply because this whole thing happened so fast they didn't have time to get everything ready for us. We'll keep her first name, though.

I find that we still talk about the kids and our future in terms of 'ifs" and not "whens". We're still very guarded about the whole thing. The other family on our trip lost their daughter, Ellie, several weeks ago. You might remember reading about that. This was a major emotional roller coaster for both of us and both families came into the week only knowing for sure about one of the two children they ended up with by the end of the week. Michelle knew they wanted Destina and "a little girl around 1 year old" so she had to choose a little girl at the orphanage on Monday. (Also not an easy task, but Gracie will be perfect for their family. She did well!)

We found ourselves joking this morning about "How do we tell Nadia in Creole that 'We want these same kids the next time we come'?" It's hard to have to start over. It's been a rough year.

Hopefully we're on a more consistent path now.

Time will tell.

2 comments:

Caleb said...

That's a good choice on the birthday... If you go with the end of October, not only will he be among the oldest in his grade, he'll also be able to finish driver's ed and get his license without too much waiting after his birthday...

Perla said...

my prayers are with you that this will be the case! same kids next time! same kids forever from now on!

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