April 19, 2006
One Year Home
A year ago today, Tara walked into the front door of her new home in her new country and smiled. Then she saw the cat and screamed! And then the cat freaked out! And they ran in opposite directions. Then she checked out her new room, her new brother. It was a long journey home. She slept through that first night in her butterfly bedroom.
Today is the day that I will stop telling strangers I meet that Tara is adopted from Ukraine. Many people already know this, of course, and that's great! We are so proud of our journey. But she is simply and wonderfully our daughter.
Posted to Tara's Story
Awww! I missed this blog all last week, taking my daughter Marika to look at colleges. (Another adventure!)
The anniversary entries broke my heart; especially the picture from when we first got her...!
Now look at that flying blond hair and happy smile in the Easter picture!
So hard to believe it was already a whole year ago.
Yet it seemed sooooo long going through it with you guys on the blog, and so long until Gotcha Day!!
It was one of the miracles of my life to get to be there on that day. I'll never forget it!
Sally
Posted by: sally at April 24, 2006 02:10 PM