My family!
Less is always better!
Christmas day was filled with lots of love and family in our home. It was a peaceful and relaxing day for all of us. We purposefully tried to keep it simple for Marissa. As we expected, it was a little overwhelming for her. There were times throughout the day that she seemed melancholy and reflecting on her past. She told me that she didn't do these things with her foster mother.
It had become apparent when we started dragging out our Christmas decorations and putting presents under the tree that Marissa did not understand what Christmas was all about. I asked her in Spanish about Christmas and she replied, "Never" with a look of confusion.
The confusion quickly changed to wonder over the weeks as she was saying "What is taking Santa so long to come?" and "Christmas is Jesus' birthday!" Santa brought her a beautiful wooden kitchen for her "casa". As much as she loved it, she would have been perfectly content with her new Little Tykes shopping cart and new Baby Alive. She truly has taught us that LESS IS ALWAYS BETTER!
I spent Christmas reflecting a little myself. I thought about where God has taken us this last year from anxiously riding the adoption roller coaster to living in Guatemala to adjusting to Marissa's new life and ours to celebrating the first of many Christmas' with our newest angel. I wondered does she really know how very much we adore her? Does she realize that we can not imagine one day without her now? Does she know that she was chosen by God to be the perfect piece to our family? Does she know that this Christmas would not have been the same without her and how we desperately yearned for her this time last year? Does she know that we will love her forever and ever? If her warm embraces and sweet kisses could speak, I would believe the answer is "yes"!
2 comments:
yes, i believe she does know..you can see it in her smile
what an incredible family! you are all so blessed!
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