Sunday, November 21, 2004

Scared of Papa dying

We caught a little glimpse of the Liana we saw on the first day we met her tonight. (You know, the one who said, "Come back, Papa" when we got up to leave on our first visit.) John mentioned death tonight and Liana got all quiet and then she got all teary, and then she was out-and-out crying, (arms flung around his neck), and telling John she didn't want him to die. He had to spend a good half hour convincing her that he wasn't going to die for a very long, long, long time, etc. No problem with attachments and bonding with our Lianichka! Poor little thing. Such a stressful topic for little ones - Especially, I imagine, with those who have had the life-circumstances that she and her brother and sister have. Just finally settling in to someplace good, and then we go and mention the "d" word. I'd be stressed too! (We love you Liana! xox)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What a sweet, sweet angel! I am teary eyed writing this- your children are precious. Thank you for sharing your stories. I am still hopeful my adoption will be a reality someday... Jo fromthe ttc adoption board