court date

i promise to refrain from constantly mentioning momentous anniversaries in our adoption journey. forgive me for doing so twice this week. but man oh man, this was a huge one!!! one year ago today we heard the words "he's yours". a surreal moment in time that feels like yesterday. the elegant, soft-spoken judge looked up from her paper, smiled and said those two words that momentarily seemed to freeze time. it was like the weight of the previous two years (and four months, but whatever) was lifted, and the stress dispersed like a mid morning fog or like rain hitting a windshield or like............ok, as usual~ you get the idea. sometimes it's just fun to pretend i'm this ultra creative and captivating blogger whose readers hang on every written word. now, where was i? oh yes, a courtroom (that really was not your average courtroom, but just a regular room with a desk or two) in Addis ...upon receiving the best possible news we loaded back in the van and made the short journey to the orphanage where our newest son waited for us wearing vibrant fuchsia. the colour of that sleeper was a perfect match to our mood!