Month: July 2020
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Two months together
We keep Evelyn busy Life is fun. Except when it isn’t. When there are rules and boundaries, bed time and business to attend to. My attention shifted to Jaclyn the past week. We go to physical therapy every day. Jaclyn said today: “I love this time I have with just you going to therapy!” This…
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Reminiscing week
At meal time we pray. Evelyn squints her eyes as she lists the things she prays for. Sometimes she goes on and on. I look at her with glee. She is so endearing. I am so curious about what her mind processes, that I find this exercise to be very telling. A few days ago…
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It’s a cool summer
Breezy and green. We’ve had the time to fully notice it this year of covid lockdown. We have two daughters at home. The storm of emotions we have braced for, was like a summer rain, matching the weather outside: refreshing, expected, needed. With the lockdown and social distancing, having two kids at home who get…
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6 weeks together full time
The other night I was putting both girls to be and after I read each of them a story, both listened enthralled but still managed to interrupt me with nonsense a few times. Evelyn has had a hard time letting me go while falling asleep. At the foster mom nobody sat there to baby her.…
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Comfort in Isaiah
My friend and pastor Rabbi Morganescu started a 4 week sermon series on Isaiah. He is a servant of God, who finds creative ways to include the farthest of God’s children, to bring them on the journey of studying the Bible. I have been tremendously encouraged by our Thursday international Isaiah zoom class. Change, hope,…
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In the grand scheme of things
I was reading a book about adoption, which took a closer look at Moses in its first chapter. It mentioned there that God’s perspective is in “decades of life”. [so what is a year of pandemic in a lifetime? Course altering, life changing, chiseling…] We may fret over daily events, and get bogged down by…
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A conversation about race
I listened to pbcc conversation about race last week. Bernard bell, the resident scholar of everything historical, a researcher through and through, traveled, humble and so intelligent, he tackles this sensitive topic. Especially in today’s America. At the end, the three people that shared their story, as part of the solution: which is listening, were…
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A blessed evening
A home group. Cu dor de acasa. We found ourselves in this new small community, new friends having adoption in common, to share our journey onward and upward. Our brokenness, our longing for God, our insecurity in walking by faith. Today we listened to a powerful speaker talk about our Eastern culture “addiction to comfort”…
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Controlled environment
If there is a benefit to this “shelter in place”, is that we have an opportunity to understand what influences our kids’ behavior and how. We have a new sister in our household, and the girls play a lot of silly games together, imaginative: they go to work, they wear fancy shoes, they act as…
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Breaking up with a boy
They became friends two years ago. On many occasions they were inseparable. They played nicely, they learned from each other, they completed each other. It was an easier relationship to manage than some of the ones with girlfriends. Up to a point. School brought up more differences and pretty soon they stopped playing together. Especially…
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Următoarea familie
Fie că știm sau ne dăm seama, fie că nu, copiii care merg de la o familie la alta, acceptă o situație nenaturală ca un dat. Asta se răsfrânge în subconștientul lor în diferite moduri. Una din fiicele mele mi-a spus că i-ar plăcea să locuiască la o vecină care are câțiva copii cu care…
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La jumătatea perioadei de încredințare
Scriu la biroul fetei mai mari, în camera fetelor. Evelyn doarme în patul de jos. Azi a adormit ușor, în timp ce eu clipocesc pe tastatură. Traduc o carte, și cât doarme ea, fiica cea mare citește câte o carte, sau îi citește Daddy “Harry Poster” în engleză. Avem două ore de liniște în timpul…