Family Day

Well it was a fantastic event...
 
The elevator doors opened on our 8th floor and out walked Bub and Potato's first families.
 
There was lots of emotion and some new revelations. 
 
Bub's foster mother brought a picture of him from the very day he was found.  I was overwhelmed with tears.
 
Potato's foster family brought her a jade pendant of a monkey.  She and Brownie were born in the year of the monkey.  It was so special to see her eyeing the pendant all day long.
 
We asked for a memory about each child that we didn't know yet...
 
Bub's foster mother said that when he was little, he would rub her back while she sat on a low stool in their apartment.  This story arose after we were explaining how loving Bub is...that often if he sits near you, he unconsciously begins to rub your back.  It was a special moment as our families were further connected by our boy.
 
Potato's foster family said that there was an earthquake when she was just two years old.  All the families in her village decided to stay outside, many through the night after the trembler.  Her foster father said that as they headed out of their apartment, that Potato turned back to get stools for her foster mother and father.  They were so touched by her concern for them.  Daddy assured them that her personality still shows her caring heart.
 
There were tears in everyones' eyes several times during the 4 hour visit.
 
We enjoyed food around our supersized table...then enjoyed watching each of the children perform some things they've memorized in school this year...Chinese songs and poems.  While Potato's foster mother and father watched her recite a long poem about America, in Chinese, their eyes sparkled with tears and their smiles touched me deeply.  They could not have been prouder of her.
 
We told them how we thanked God for them and that we believed that every day of Bub and Potato's lives they had been under the watch care of our Father in heaven.  We said words would never be sufficient to express our gratitude for their generosity and we acknowledged that God had used them in a profound way in the lives of our children.
 
They left with hugs and kisses and promised to return on Bub's Family Day in September. 
 
What a gift for our children to know the families who had them from their earliest days and for us to share our lives with them here in the very same city where we received them.
 
It's probably just dumb luck, I guess...
 
 

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