Just spent the morning of day three with the kids. We're home for siesta now so I decided to tell you a little about how I am doing, and my favorite girl.
When I first walked in Monday morning and was confronted with twenty-five to thirty kids none of whom I shared a language with it was daunting to try to choose who to interact with first. A little tiny peanut caught my eye though. She is only a couple of months old and has huge loving eyes. I held her for a while and then moved on to one of the bigger kids. I bounced from one child to another all morning. We were all trying to make sure that every single child got attention, and it was rather a whirlwind of activity. By the time we finished lunch and headed to the hotel for a brake I was done in! It was exhausting in every aspect. I was excited and ready by the time our afternoon session came around though, especially because we were starting evaluations for the children we are working to find families for. It was a bit of happy chaos with Joanne, Kim, and Amy doing very professional checks on where the kids were medically/physically, and the rest of us scribbling notes, comforting children, snapping photos, etc. Their little personalities really started to emerge in that room. Jessica, the little show off who went up and down a little set of stairs over and over and with each completion looked to Barb for clapping. Jason, a serious little man who love to string beads or any other busy work. L, our emotional one who giggles, yells, cries, or wines depending on what is going on.
Yesterday began much the same as the first day. Lots of bustling around trying to make sure everyone got some loving. Until I was pulled aside to go to the sick room and photograph a new one of ours. She only seemed to have a minor cold, and was back with the whole bunch today. The first thing I noticed was the quiet in the room. There were only four children, and none were making any noise. At first I thought the one Kim was holding was ours, but she was just loving on the others while waiting for me. Then I got to meet the sweetest little girl I am going to call Susie for now.
I am going to write a whole post about this one once I have the go ahead from America World. They will make sure all of her information is correct, that she is adoptable, and that her paperwork is ready first. This will be with all of the children so stories about them will be limited for a while. I spent most of the rest of the morning checking in with people who were working with our listed kids adding in what they had observed to the children's evals. In the afternoon I got to spend most of the time getting to know little Susie. She likes Eskimo kisses and has the cutest little giggle.
I am hoping that we find her a wonderful family because she captured my heart in just a couple hours. It is amazing how kids can do that. Today I was in the sick room again for about an hour. It was not with Susie because she had been deemed well enough to go back with all her little playmates. There was only one little delicate baby in the sick room today. I walked her back and forth in front of the windows singing every song I could think of. She has big eyes and tiny feet. Once I got tired of walking in circles I sat down and leaned back with her on my chest. I sung her to sleep while patting her back to help with the congestion until one of the nannies came to take her, I think for a bath. That little one stole another piece of my heart. I think I am going to have to grow a bigger heart to share if I keep meeting so many kids who steal pieces of it away!
Thank you for your support. It still means a lot!
~Tatiana
- Please be thinking about these kids and hoping for good families with me.
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