Where was I?

After one and a half years of bonding with our daughter, we think it has all "clicked" for all of us.

As a caveat to the following stories, we absolutely love the family S lived with prior to coming to our home. They were a loving, godly family who have been so generous to us, so these stories in no way reflect upon their character, but rather S' strength of bond with us as her family.

Story #1
E, being the older brother he is, in a moment of frustration at his kid sister said to S "Well, we will just un-adopt you!" Poor S looked at him with fright and said "I don't WANT to live with [her former foster parents]." You have to understand that these are people she loves dearly, and they were the only mommy and daddy she knew for the first 2 years of her life. I quickly reassured her that she could never be un-adopted by us and that she was our daughter for forever!

Story #2
We were looking at a picture yesterday of E's class at school on a hay ride (taken before S came to be with us). S asked "Where was I?" to which I replied "You still lived with your foster parents then." She looked up at me with the sweetest of eyes and said, "When I was at their house, I prayed for you." I scooped her up so fast and swung her around in a tight hug, with tears in my eyes!

I prayed for you, too, sweet daughter of mine!