Imagine with me if you will being 10 years old and the only life you knew was inside an orphanage/foster apartment attached to the orphanage. Then one day strange looking people came to take you into their family. I say strange because we look very different from her, as we walked through the orphanage touring, children would come up to our guide and ask, "Are they foreigners, they look different?" This new family did not speak your language, eat the same food as you, had different customs than you, had rules you were not used to, lived in the country not a city of 30 million! It would be like being picked up by aliens and taken to a different planet! Personally, I think I would curl up in a ball and want to cry and be scared.
But Abby?, oh no! She is embracing her new life and jumping in with both feet, full of excitement!! God is so good! We had prayed for this but she has adjusted better than we could of imagined!
Everything is so exciting to her! As we walked through the airport, she would look at the planes and yell, WOW!, Mommy! Throwing her arms out wide trying to explain to me how big the jets were. As our plane was starting to land in Detroit and she could see the ground getting closer she was about to come out of her skin with excitement. She continually yelled Wow! Wow! Wow! That has become a favorite word of hers! We take so much for granted and it is fun to see life through her eyes, with such delight over simple things. She plays sweetly and quietly from sun up to sun down enjoying each toy. We have left our house twice with her since we have been home and each time when we come home and we begin pulling in the driveway, she yells YAH and gets so excited! The little things... but also a very big thing, a home, something she has never had!
Life through Abby's eyes is so exciting and we look forward to remembering to enjoy the simple things as she illuminates them for us!
So glad to hear that Abby is adjusting SO well! What an answer to prayers!
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