Saturday, December 5, 2009

Happy Forever Family Day

On November 21,2004, a nanny in China placed a baby girl in my arms.  My baby girl.  Our baby girl.  She was dressed in a beautiful yellow traditional Chinese outfit and clenched a biscuit in her little fist.  As she was placed into my arms, the arms of a blond round eyed stranger with tears of joy streaming down her face,  the little baby began to cry.  What was happening?  Why had she been taken from everything she'd ever known to travel 2 hours in a bus with her beloved nanny only to be handed to this stranger?  My poor little confused baby.  Within a few minutes, there were no more tears.  Only a quizzical look on her beautiful little face.  Within an hour of being in the hotel, this amazing little baby was smiling and then laughing - so very eager to check out every corner and crevice of her new surroundings.   



Fast forward 5 years.  Now this beautiful little baby is a beautiful, wonderful little girl.  Now she is surrounded by family who loves and cherishes her.   On this day every year - we celebrate the day when Luo Ya Xin joined our family forever.  
Uncles, aunts and cousins  who love her. 

Grandmothers and Grandfathers who love her.

A mother who loves her sense of humor, her kind heart, her laugh, her energy, her happy soul,
her hugging arms and kissing lips, her innate ability to "mother" younger children including her brother, her creativity, her sweet voice in song, her imagination, her curiosity, her zest for life, her love of water and snow, her love of cold,  her love of all things magical and glittery, her love of bugs, her flair with color, her cravings for good chocolate, her sensitivity, her urges, that she readily fulfills, to be messy- to be covered with sand or mud or chalk or paint or makeup or flour, her need to climb, swing, spin and move, her enchanting smile
 that spreads all the way to her eyes....
A mother who loves her with all of my heart... a never-ending unconditional love.

A father who loves her with all of his heart... a never-ending unconditional love. 

A brother who has come to love her in 6 short months, so that we frequently hear, "My Kyra, My Kyra"  and he wants to do everything just like his big sister.  
On November 21 of every year we celebrate
Our Forever Family.

2 comments:

XiaoXiao said...

Looks like it was wonderful and Kyra shines more and more each year. How great that the whole family is finally together to celebrate!

Happy Family Day, Kyra!

Love, Uncle John, Auntie Vicki, XiaoXiao and Boris and Ariel

La La said...

Kim, the most beautiful thing you've ever blogged. What a lovely tribute to Kyra and her Forever Family. I was so glad to have been part of Family Day aka Gotcha' Day again. Kyra is so blessed to have you for a mommy and Craig for a daddy and , of course, Liam for a little brother. Stay the unconditionally loving mom you are gifted to be with innate patience and understanding.