Chinadopt:
Adopting Children
From China
Life is Good
(from Steve Forslind, around 1996 or
1997; minor update 2000/09/10)
Today marks the end of Jayne Taomei's 14th week here in America.
As is customary, I was sitting at the computer answering adoption related e-mail, when Jayne came downstairs to kiss me goodnight. She had been working on her school project, that of gluing different kinds of seeds onto an outline map of the New Hampshire counties, identifying the counties. She did a very nice job of it.
She climbed up into my lap and said goodnight, and gave me her usual squeezy hug. I have a secretary's chair, and I like to rock her for a minute or two as I gently rub her back, and we just enjoy each other's company for a few moments, and 'bond'. This is one of my favorite parts of the day, of course, and I relish these moments. I quietly told her, "Thank you for coming to America." She sat back, looked me in the eye, and with the biggest, sweetest, honeyest puppy eyes, said "Thank you for family." I then proceeded to get three ribs cracked as she hugged me like a boa constrictor. I had difficulty breathing.
Some things are just too good to keep to one's self.
I wish everyone well. I wish you the happiness I've just experienced.
-- Steve --
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