I’m up early this morning here in the hospital, and I’m thinking of the blessings God has given me this week.
I am overwhelmed with how God has blessed us with Evangeline. She is an amazing child. Her stamina, her spunk, and the pure joy she radiates is just so remarkable to me.
I was so concerned when she saw her foot that she would feel discouraged and so terribly disappointed. The doctors unwrapped her foot, and we just watched her look at it, waiting for anger or tears, anything would not have surprised us. But we saw none of that. She just smiled her sweet, sweet smile, and said, “It’s okay. It’s okay.”
And I believe she really is okay.
She has such a thankful heart. She must tell me a hundred times a day, “Thank you, Mommy.”
She is a joy to take care of.
Everyday, I have carried her into her bath in the morning and gently set her in the tub. She rests her foot on the side of the tub, and I help her with her bath. Some days, she’s been quiet, and I’ve wondered if she would have preferred the nurses to bathe her. She is thirteen, even though she doesn’t look it.
On Saturday morning, I was so tired that I felt sick. Friday was my really difficult day, and I was drained. I asked the nurse if she would do her bath that day, so I could go down and get some breakfast. While I was downstairs, several of my friends called, and I took some time to talk to them. When I came upstairs, she looked so quiet, I was worried about her. I went over to her and asked her if she was okay, and in the sweetest little voice with tears in her eyes, she said, “Mommy, I love you.”
She tells me she loves me all the time. She reaches up to hug me, but it was in that tender moment that I realized how much she has come to need me.
The nurse was in the room cleaning up and she told me she asked for me several times.
As much as I have longed to be home with our family, I am so thankful for this time I’ve had to deepen the bond with Evangeline. I’m so thankful for her willingness to love me, and to allow me to love her.
She has bonded so strongly with Mark too. She really cries when he and the kids leave. Yesterday she was so upset when he left, she hopped to the door, and grabbed on tight. She was so sad.
She wants to go home so badly.
She loves her home and her room and her sweet sisters. When I think of what God has done in her life, and in our lives by giving her to us, it just takes my breath away.
I’m so thankful I’ve had this time with her.
I can’t help but wish something would happen that would thrust me and Eliza alone together for a time. I can’t help but feel that if we could just have some time alone together, where I could be everything she needs and be her sole companion, that I could break through whatever is standing in the way of the bonding.
God is the great orchestrator of circumstance, and He has a plan.
But for now, He is causing blooms to grow in this valley we’re walking through.
And I am so thankful.
This really made me happy this morning. She is such a doll in every aspect. What a brave little girl. I am so happy you found her.
Such a sweet girl!
Sweetness! Many more blessings to come………….
I am so thankful for you that you are having this time together and bonding so strongly…..she now has parents for the first time in her life….who love her….
wow!! beautiful to hear!! praying for precious Eliza!
One of the best things I did when I adopted Caroline was opt to not enroll her in school for a few months. We spent every day together, bonded and got to know each other. it allowed me the time to learn about her as a person and her the same for me. It also allowed me the time to determine where she was academically and find the best placement for her when the time came.
I’m so glad Evangeline is blossoming and doing well, she is a special little girl. Hold on God knows whats best, and remember it’s in his time not ours that all will come together for Eliza.
what a sweet girl! Thanks for sharing. Will continue to pray for Evangeline AND Eliza.