Christiana is in pink on the left, she's really grown a lot in the last few months! Her nutritional health continues to improve... Not much news today, still waiting to hear if we went to court or not, and the last chance to effect expedition of this process I think would be Thursday. If they do their part, I can file the I-600 in person while I'm there, which would shave that extra month off the process. If they don't and they continue to operate on Ghana time (vs. our very anal and scheduled American time - the nerve!) then it will only be a personal visit.
Letting go of any expectations, except that I WILL get to see, hug, smell, cuddle, and LOVE on my daughter which should be fantastic. For those who keep asking me "will you be able to leave without her?" I don't really have a choice, do I? It's surprising to me all the gifts this process has brought into my life. Living in the being humble and patient, REALLY living it, have both been experiences I feel forever changed by. I will leave with new pieces of her in my heart which is the only thing I can hope for.
Jaden was musing over his future yesterday and suggested that maybe he and Christiana would grow up and be parents together. I tried to explain that brothers and sisters don't get married, but that they could both have children separately and take care of them together if they liked, that their kids would be cousins. He asked why... you try and answer that one for a 5 year old! I pretty much confused the hell out of him, bringing in discussions of my sisters (who are not biologically related,) biology, heterosexulality, and marriage. I left it at "let's ask your Dad when he gets home, maybe he can explain it better."
When Chris arrived home, I asked him to explain why brothers and sisters don't get married. His reply: "It's bad Joo-Joo, we just don't do that in our culture." Jaden seemed to accept that without further questioning. Lesson re-learned: KISS, keep it simple stupid.
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