Happy Gotcha Anniversary to Us
It's our second Gotcha Day anniversary, or "Family Day" as a lot of people call it. I was filled with emotion (as usual). We watched our China video and Emmy entered the bizzaro-world of seeing Mommy cry on the television and in real life at the same time. We went out to eat and Emmy got one of her presents that we bought her in China (we bought 18 things and give her one each Gotcha Day). Then we went to the library for story night. Serendipitously it was "All Families Are Different" and they read a lot of adoption/family books. The next night was our local FCC (Families With Children from China) monthly dinner.
So the theme for this year's Gotcha Day is, ADOPTION ROCKS! I did see that on a t-shirt so I can't take credit but I can definitely preach about it.
Adoption does rock. It has made our lives whole. It made us a family. It is going to make a Chinese girl and a Guatemalan boy brother and sister. It touches the lives of everyone around us.
One of the coolest parts of adoption for us has been becoming a part of the adoptive community. This is generalizing on my part, but most the time it holds true: when you meet other adoptive parents you can pretty much assume you're gonna like them. Yes there are exceptions to this rule (aren't there always!). But the thing you know right away is that adoptive parents get "it". They get that love and families don't have borders - biological, racial or geographical. So even if we meet a family and they don't live in our neighborhood, like the same shows we do, or practice the same politics or religion we do, we have that one special thing in common - "it".
Tonight I was showing Emmy a picture of some friends right after their baby was born. She said, "Oh, when he was 'dopted?" I went on to stumble through a brief toddler appropriate explanation of hospitals and birth verses adoption. I don't think I did a very good job. I know I'll get better though. But I guess in a way when a child comes into a family biologically, he or she is still adopted. One definition of adopt is "to choose or take as one's own". Isn't that what we all do anytime we change our lives by adding another person? We choose to fill our hearts, loose sleep, clean less, laugh more, worry more, say "because I said so" more, play more, hug more, live more.
So again, adoption rocks! Here's our picture this Gotcha Day and two years ago. As I've instructed in past posts, be sure to notice how Emmy has grown and I continue to be ageless.
So the theme for this year's Gotcha Day is, ADOPTION ROCKS! I did see that on a t-shirt so I can't take credit but I can definitely preach about it.
Adoption does rock. It has made our lives whole. It made us a family. It is going to make a Chinese girl and a Guatemalan boy brother and sister. It touches the lives of everyone around us.
One of the coolest parts of adoption for us has been becoming a part of the adoptive community. This is generalizing on my part, but most the time it holds true: when you meet other adoptive parents you can pretty much assume you're gonna like them. Yes there are exceptions to this rule (aren't there always!). But the thing you know right away is that adoptive parents get "it". They get that love and families don't have borders - biological, racial or geographical. So even if we meet a family and they don't live in our neighborhood, like the same shows we do, or practice the same politics or religion we do, we have that one special thing in common - "it".
Tonight I was showing Emmy a picture of some friends right after their baby was born. She said, "Oh, when he was 'dopted?" I went on to stumble through a brief toddler appropriate explanation of hospitals and birth verses adoption. I don't think I did a very good job. I know I'll get better though. But I guess in a way when a child comes into a family biologically, he or she is still adopted. One definition of adopt is "to choose or take as one's own". Isn't that what we all do anytime we change our lives by adding another person? We choose to fill our hearts, loose sleep, clean less, laugh more, worry more, say "because I said so" more, play more, hug more, live more.
So again, adoption rocks! Here's our picture this Gotcha Day and two years ago. As I've instructed in past posts, be sure to notice how Emmy has grown and I continue to be ageless.
posted by Lisa & Dave | 10:57 PM
1 Comments:
Lisa, you're still as cute as ever....oh did I say Lisa, I meant to say Emmy....Gotcha!
Love,
TaTa
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