Our Miracle: Two years

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Two years

Our two year Gotcha Day has come and gone. I was an emotional case during the whole week. So much just comes flooding back...the pain and the joy. I often look back in the journal I've kept for Frances...started it way before Frances was even born. My heart just becomes overwhelmed. She is now such a "little person"...doing, talking, creating on her own. To be able to witness all of it is amazing!
We've had an eventful spring. An afternoon seeing Nick Jr. storytime with her favorites...priceless! A family party on our Gotcha Day with all her yummies provided. Even a trip to Busch Gardens...an absolute blast! Dinner with Elmo that night to top it off. So many wonderful memories.
One value I pray Frances will hold onto is finding true joy from many gifts around us..simple and pure. Also..to stop waiting for "the time" to begin living. Each day is all we have...don't think there will be some "go" sign when it's time to do things...live now. Oh, how can I show her the importance of this when we live in such a mundane, yet critical world? I want the world for this little one.
Speaking of mundane..let me get back to folding laundry. The summer awaits us!

1 comment:

valerie said...: I was scrolling through my Favorites list, looking for something particular, when I stumbled across "Shannon." It's been a very long time since I've been here... probably not since Frances came home. I wasn't even sure if your blogsite was still available, but I immediately clicked on "Shannon" to find out! Anyway, I had to reread her story and remembered all of the Excitement... Anticipation... Joy... and Hope connected with this precious little girl a couple of years ago. One tiny child who came from so far away to unite and fill the hearts of her family with Love. Has this been her Purpose in Life thus far? What else will this tiny little girl with big, brown eyes bring to your world and add to your Life?
I love your latest blog and I think it's a message for all of us. We have to, no, We Must Live in This Moment because This Moment is Our Life. I am sure Frances will learn this lesson from you. Pin your hopes on her because she has the gift of making your dreams come true!
Love and good wishes to all, Valerie; July 16, 2010 at 8:23 PM

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The Things We've Handed Down, by Marc Cohn

Don't know much about you Don't know who you are We've been doing fine without you But we could only go so far Don't know why you chose us Were you watching from above Is there someone there that knows us Said we'd give you all our love Will you laugh just like your mother Will you sigh like your old man Will some things skip a generation Like I've heard they often can Are you a poet or a dancer A devil or a clown Or a strange new combination of The things we've handed down I wonder who you'll look like Will your hair fall down and curl Will you be a mama's boy Or daddy's little girl Will you be a sad reminder Of what's been lost along the way Maybe you can help me find her In the things you do and say And these things that we have given you They are not so easily found But you can thank us later For the things we've handed down You may not always be so grateful For the way that you were made Some feature of your father's That you'd gladly sell or trade And one day you may look at us And say that you were cursed But over time that line has been Extremely well rehearsed By our fathers, and their fathers In some old and distant town From places no one here remembers Come the things we've handed down