...AND TODAY....
Grazie Chantal for reminding me of this important day. I have been so tired from returning from our trip and I think jet lag is finally hitting me, such that I forgot what day it was. I am finally posting the 3 referral photos (with some cropping of his name) I received on July 10 after waiting impatiently for them after having been told on July 9th, 2010 that I was going to be the mother of a little boy....and here he is today!! I will be writing more about our trip if I can soon, however Matteo is a great little traveller...we had some problems but nothing that would deter me from travelling with him again. Of course I know that the planning that went into travelling to Vietnam to adopt him really helped with my packing this time around and I was pretty exact with most of what I brought for Matteo...intanto, for now, celebrating this milestone with a little bit of spumante...the same drink I had when I received his dossier on October 19, 2010 clearing the way for me to become his mother!!
As I noted during that time of waiting after the referral, that I have always loved the poetry of Khalil Gibran....and I think it important to repost it here as a reminder of how I feel about my role as Matteo's mother.
On Children by Kahlil Gibran (1923)
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
So sweet! Lovely post too, happy referraliversary. See you tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteHa my God, Matteo était si petit quand tu as eu ta proposition !!! Il a beaucoup grandit mais il a encore le même beau petit visage ! Il est tellement beau !
ReplyDeleteJe ne me rappellais pas qu'on avait eu notre proposition en même temps toi et moi !
Chantal xx