tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490746375774981338.post716017739613071787..comments2023-10-31T07:08:49.742-07:00Comments on Taking the Statistical Bullet: Moments That Define UsKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08961948894847619115noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490746375774981338.post-90973522584249218342009-09-11T11:40:53.303-07:002009-09-11T11:40:53.303-07:00Two moments stick out in my memory . . . 5 days af...Two moments stick out in my memory . . . 5 days after we were united with Lil Pumpkin, after every waking moment being a constant consumption of her grieving so mightily, she actually smiled at me for the first time!<br /><br />The other moment, when I felt like her mother . . . was after we had been home from China for several months and she said "mama" (which sounds the same in Chinese as in English), and I just KNEW, for the first time, that she intended it for ME, and not for her Chinese foster mother.<br /><br />Going to cry now!!! Thank God it's Friday and I am going home in an hour or so!Ms. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734867984972785143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490746375774981338.post-2811344211744725382009-09-11T08:19:30.660-07:002009-09-11T08:19:30.660-07:00I sing "Five Little Monkeys" and during ...I sing "Five Little Monkeys" and during the "bumped her/his head" part, I put my palm to my forehead. Then when I get to the "no more monkeys..." I shake my head and my finger at them in a deep voice. Well yesterday, while Rowan was on my lap, she took her palm to my forehead, just like I do. So I started singing it and when I got to the "no more monkeys" part she shook her head back and forth. I felt exactly the same way!! I taught her that! <br /><br />It's really getting fun, isn't it?Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248665952867223815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490746375774981338.post-89266191478016516542009-09-10T21:19:24.561-07:002009-09-10T21:19:24.561-07:00I have so many different moments that make me feel...I have so many different moments that make me feel like a mom! The first time they utter "Mama" and swelling with pride in the store when someone tells me how well-behaved they are...<br /><br />The biggest one was taking my oldest to preschool. I REALLY feel like a mom having a child in school.<br /><br />So sweet that Will did that! I hope you can catch it on video and show us sometime. He sounds so precious!Joy@WDDCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709113785857792361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490746375774981338.post-31481605604675325262009-09-10T20:30:17.565-07:002009-09-10T20:30:17.565-07:00Ahhh.. I know that feeling so well. For me, it is ...Ahhh.. I know that feeling so well. For me, it is when L and I are playing and snuggling and she looks up at me with those big blue beatiful eyes and reaches up and touches my face so sincerely. It is almost as if she is saying "I love you, lady."<br /><br />Then she proceeds to tug my hair, or my necklace, or shove her finger up my nose or in my mouth. :)<br /><br />But that moment happened! Short as it may have been. <br />*hugs*Mazzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914742489846963185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490746375774981338.post-13390699747608245482009-09-10T18:38:11.903-07:002009-09-10T18:38:11.903-07:00It's minor, but I feel most like a mother when...It's minor, but I feel most like a mother when I push her stroller.HereWeGoAJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457680345376171720noreply@blogger.com