It hasn't really sunk in yet that I'll be traveling to Latvia NEXT week. All of this waiting and now time seems to be flying by! I'll miss having Robert with me on this trip but at least I'll only have to be gone a couple of days. Once the court rules next Friday (assuming it's in our favor), Christina will officially be our daughter. WOW! This is really happening! The last step will be to go back and get her once the 20-day waiting period is up.
This week we were surprised to get a letter from Christina and Olegs. Actually, Christina told us last week to be expecting it. This was the first letter we've ever received from them so we couldn't rip it open fast enough. Since Olegs still isn't speaking to us when we call, we're fairly certain that Christina wrote the letter and signed his name. The letter was short and sweet, but she wrote that she loved and missed us and said she enjoyed the time we spent in Florida at Christmas. This letter is one of those things we'll save and cherish forever.
When we talked to Christina yesterday she sounded great. Last week, she was still getting over the flu but this week she's much better. Again, Olegs was MIA but Christina told us that he did manage to ask her to ask me to bring his Twister game when I come to Latvia. Of course, Robert and I said he needs to ask us himself. Christina says he's not angry with us, just doesn't want to talk. Whatever! We can't get all emotional about it. We still love him and want him to be our son. All kids go through a funky period and this must be his. Plus, we know it's not easy for him to see Christina being adopted while he doesn't even know if he'll be cleared. We're just taking things as they come and trusting the Lord to work it all out. Lord knows we'll drive ourselves crazy if we allow ourselves to get back on that emotional roller coaster again. No thanks!
Now that we've been to Latvia and back, all of our conversations with Christina since have been great. We're really feeling a special bond developing with her now. Before, Robert and I felt like we'd have to start from scratch each time we talked to her. Now we just pick up where we left off and she's able to speak a lot more English. We have our family jokes that we laugh about, etc. We told her that it's important to do well in school or she'll wind up living in a box and have to eat grass and make french fries at McDonald's. LOL! No, we're not gonna let the girl live in a box! She knows we're kidding and she kids right back by telling us that she loves grass and she'll set her box up in the backyard. That's what's so great. I think now that we've been to Latvia, everything is becoming so real to her and she's learning to trust us and be herself.
One final note: Thanks for all of the prayers for my 98-year old grandmother, who was in the hospital with pneumonia and then in a rehab/nursing facility for a few weeks. She is now back home with us where she belongs and doing much better with the new caregivers that stay with her now. We call her our Energizer Bunny!
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