Ukraine Adoption

First family

My emotions are all over the place as I read Amy's blog. I don't know her, but blogs make us feel like we're old friends.
Amy's family is apparently the first from the U.S. to be processed for adoption at the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, since Ukraine re-started the process in September. She and her family are going home tomorrow.

Amy and her husband adopted a precious little girl who just turned 3. I've been reading about their visits in the orphanage, the long treks through Ukraine streets, the restaurants, the officials. The excessive signing of documents. The waiting. And the waiting. And the hurrying. The boredom and the excitement. If you forgot the details of Tara's story, you can refresh your mind by looking at February 2005 in the archives when we met her. Or April 2005 with a guest appearance by my cousin Sally, when we brought her home.

I'm thrilled to see a family heading home with their new child! We hope to see many more, very soon.

We don't know what these children will remember, we can only hope to give them all the chances in the world. We're not sure what they truly understand, but it must be more than we can imagine.

Little Tara Vika will be four in January. I asked her yesterday if she remembers where she lived when she was just two years old. She said: "Far away." I said, why were you far away from me? And she said, "I don't know." I said, what were you doing? She said: "I was waiting for you."