I brought cake and ice cream to Jen's house. We had dinner, birthday cake and then watched Tate's soccer game. It wasn't as sad as I thought the day would be. I wish Willow were here, but she's happy, healthy, and completely well-cared for. Some day this awful wait will be a distant memory.
Pili went to the doctor recently and she HATES the doctor. She had to have shots for her 1 year exam and the doctor said:"This girl causes sweats me, she has a lot of force".
Sandra then wrote: "Thanks to God, she is well of health." It's hard to get a lot of humor through these translations, but this humor is hard to miss! I can't wait to get my hands on this kid - that strong will and fierce determination are going to be a riot. My kind of girl!
There is no end in sight by the way. PGN did not release any files in May at all and there have been less than 10 in the last 2 weeks. There are still over 2000 pending files/families waiting to be approved. At this point I'm planning my summer without Willow and beginning to consider fall might be a little too optimistic for thinking she'll be here. I just booked Chinese Culture Camp for Lily, Grace and I for October - which I wouldn't do if I thought Willow might actually be here by then. I now pay $350/month for her foster care until she is home because the attorneys and foster families have no means to continue to support this broken system. A small price to pay for Willow's well being in a developing country, but a painful reminder that I have no control.
In the mean time Lily and I are going to have a memorable summer just the two of us. She started swimming lessons tonight and will spend a lot of time with Grammy while I'm teaching 16 days of summer school. We continue to pray for her sister every night. Tonight Lily begged me to buy her sister a tiny swim suit because she doesn't think it's fair that she (Lily) has so many suits and Willow only has 2. Willow is definitely part of our daily life - now we're even arguing about her. Sheesh.
