We woke up bright and early this morning to get John, Isabel, and Silas off to the airport. This is so bitter sweet for me...
I'll share the bitter first...we have shared such a special time in our first 2 months growing as a family of 6...so, to know that it has come to and end for part of us is a bit sad for me. This morning, and last night, was extremely difficult for Isabel...shedding a lot of tears. She did not want to leave...she never has liked "good-byes." I know it was hard for her to say good-by to me, but, I expected that...she knows that soon we will all be together again...the most difficult to watch was her saying good-bye to Camila. They have developed a very precious friendship, and there is no guarentee if or when they see eachother again. They hugged each other for a very long time upstairs...then the tears began with Isabel and Caroline when we were all downstairs getting ready for the taxi...
Caroline very sad to say good-bye to Isabel and Papi. She clung to John this morning full of tears...after breakfast her and Camila went to play dolls, I thought, this will be great...Caroline has been fighting for Camila's attention with Isabel around, now they can have their time...10 minutes later they both come running upstairs...Caroline telling me she wants to go with Papi, Isabel, and Silas, and it's no fun playing dolls without Isabel...a few seconds later...sweet Camila began to weep. You have to understand, she sees a lot of families come in and out of this hotel,this is her life, she develops friendships with a lot of kids, and then they leave to go home...for 8 weeks, I have never seen her show any emotion. Camila wept for 30 minutes right along with Caroline...Caroline weeping for her Papi, Camila weeping for her good friend ...Katya was hugging Camila and crying, too...I was hugging Caroline crying right along with her. Then Camila went running to her mom, screaming, "You tell me when I'm going to see Isabel again, I need to know...you tell me mom!" It was heartwrenching...our sweet 6 and 7 year old girls have become very fond of each other. Good-byes are never easy...and oh, how good it felt to have a good cry! Since then, Valeria and I decided something sweet and a movie may be a good idea...right now the 2 girls are eating brownies and icecream while watching a "Hermie" dvd in spanish. Whew! I think we made it through the worst part...before this Camila has been by my side all day asking questions about Isabel, Michigan, where I think she is on the airplane, when she can skype her...
Ok, so, on to the sweet...the beautiful thing about Caroline's tears is that for the last week she has shown very little emotion towards John, Isabel, and Silas...and today it is evident that she is bonding with them (even Silas)...distance makes the heart grow fonder...and even better, she now has a Papi, big sis, and big brother to cry for...that she soon will see again!
Also, it was so sweet to see Silas flying around the hotel this morning on cloud nine. He barely even wanted to hug me...so ready to get on that airplane...this gives me such a good feeling...he is going to thrive when he gets home! And for John, too. Six weeks was a long time for him...I felt really good saying good-bye to my 2 boys this morning...they are returning home...right where their heart desires to be...
So, here I am...it felt good to cry, and I now feel good about where we are at. I think our case will go rather quickly from this point. We know we made it through the first 2 signings which typically take the longest, and we have 2 more reviews and signatures in order to get Sentencia. It is going to be a lot less work with just Caroline and Marta. The 2 of them together are extremely easy. We are almost through this "heavy" day...fitting that it's raining out right now...tomorrow a new adventure and the sun is supposed to shine!
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