Isaac Day 2
Two nights with Isaac and so far so good. We moved into a new room, actually a suite of
rooms with 3 living areas, 3 beds, two couches, a dinning table, 2 bathrooms, a
kitchen and a washing machine. No dryer
for the washing machine, but that seems about right for China. Last night I mostly slept and I feel like a
new woman.
The computer system for our province is back up and running
and we are heading to Isaac’s town today.
We will not be seeing the orphanage.
We don’t want Isaac to be back in SWI for several reasons and I think,
based on his size and general health and the testimony of others, I can draw
some educated conclusions. There are
just too many things in life we see that we wish we hadn’t and I don’t care to
add this to my list.
Isaac seems to be content with his new life. He calls me momma and Veldon “d dd” or
something like that. Momma was easy because it’s very close to the Chinese word
for mother, but daddy isn’t. He’s trying
though. He wasn’t sure about Max to
begin with, but he likes him now and tries to play with him and interact.
Max is struggling, as expected. He is working hard to figure out his
place. He feels threatened and dethroned
and we are working to be patient with him.
He tries to imitate everything Isaac does that we all coo over, it’s
cute when a 4 yr old the size of a 1 yr old does something, it’s kind of
awkward when a 7 yr old, the size of a 7 yr old tries to do the same
thing. But we expected this and more, and
we are prepared to walk the road with him. I still believe this is the best thing
in the world for Max, and obviously there’s no doubt this is right for Isaac.
