Tonight, at 9pm, Kristina happily accompanied me to Target to go shopping for a birthday gift -- another weekend busy with parties. When we came home, I unbuckled my sleeping beauty from her booster seat and lifted her from the car. Ugh -- I can't do this much longer as she is getting to be a big girl. The stars were out tonight along with a full moon. Immediately, Kristina remembered a line from the Barbie movie she was watching earlier today.
"Star light, Star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight."
I knelt down and she sat on my knee as we recited this line together. Then she closed her eyes to make a wish....and my eyes welled up with tears. For years - years - I would walk at night and look up to the sky, find a star and recite this line. My wish was always for the child that would make us a family. And for the first time tonight, my wish that was granted was sitting on my knee with an arm around me -- making her own wish.
In May, Kristina was home with us 5 years. Five awesome, exhausting, life-changing, incredible years. Here is the "photo shoot" from that day....our shining star herself, our wish come true!
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| Kristina is holding the bunny she got from Aunt Laura at the airport, May 16, 2009. |
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| Oh, my... |
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| Kristina is ready for the catwalk...not sure it's ready for her! |
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| And one of the balloons was released towards the heavens... |
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| ...with a prayer that all the children left behind find a family. We will never forget them. |
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| The Deary Family's 5th Anniversary May 16, 2014 |
1 comment:
She is beautiful.. wishes and dreams do come true..
Vickie
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