Hello, thank you for contacting us. We are experiencing an extraordinary volume of requests right now and appreciate your patience. We will be with you in approximately…10 days.
I kinda feel like I need to set that as my email auto reply.
Mark’s (ironically) in China which means I’m the only big person taking care of 5 little persons. Our Christmas cards are still neatly stacked in cellophane wrappers on our dining room table. There are wooden blocks and pretend food that look like permanent fixtures in our seasonal decor. I just keep flagging emails for me to get to tomorrow…and then tomorrow…and then tomorrow.
I thought it would be hard to press pause on nearly everything for this little guy. But, it’s really not that hard. What needs to get done will eventually get done. It’s actually really nice to stop so actively doing to stay close to him and watch him experience little things for the first time.
We were quite a sight. One lady with a camera, 3 white kids and 1 Chinese girl, all giggling and coaxing this little Chinese boy who was anxiously navigating a few inches of water. The bath at our home seemed crazy to him. For sure, this pool was mind-blowing.
As I hovered over him, fully attentive and always within arm’s reach to pull him up when he stumbled, I couldn’t help but imagine him in a different place, in a different situation, in layers and layers of clothes he’d surely be wearing, in a room with many children with no one hovering.
Everyone deserves to be hovered over.
What an honor, what a privilege, what a joy that we get to hover over him now.
Interested in learning more about adoption, the children being hosted through Living Hope Adoption Agency, or becoming a host for the next group of children coming this summer? Email Sarah at Living Hope to learn more.