It was gloomy and rainy last Sunday when we were headed to Papa's house for dinner. I put on my Pandora Christmas station because something about the weather was just feeling wintery. Simon and Munni were in the backseat and I was explaining to Munni that these were Christmas songs. She has been asking a ton of questions about Christmas. When I told her it was Jesus birthday party, she got sooooo excited!
And then it happened.
The Barenaked Ladies/Sarah McLachlan "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" started playing on the airwaves. I lost it. I couldn't stop crying. I was so overcome with joy. Pure, beautiful, and overwhelming joy because in the backseat sat my beautiful daughter for whom I had prayed, hoped, begged, pleaded, yearned, dreamed, imagined, and loved for years - and THIS year, this year we will celebrate Christmas together. I was undone. I could barely see through my tears. Then I hear her say at the end of the song, "Mommy! Hallelujah is Telugu!"
I said, "It is? What does it mean?"
She said, "It is songing to Jee-jus. We sing that in Hyderabad. You know that?"
I told her, "I do now Munni Bird :)"
The things she tells me never cease to amaze me; man, I love her soooooooooo much!!!!! I am thrilled for this Christmas. I can't wait to experience it with her!
In other good news, I finally got my child abuse clearance back from the state capital, which took f-o-r-e-v-e-r, so now I can move forward with my immigration paperwork and send my updated home study to India. They didn't want to send Baby R's CSR until they had my updated home study, so I'm happy, happy, happy! I still have to get the apostille step and 8,000 copies so I'm looking at about 2 weeks before it's probably in the mail but at least now I have a time frame!!!
Finally, if you could please, please pray that Munni's surgery/MRI would still happen on 12/4 I would greatly appreciate it. She's been fighting a cold. I've been trying to get this scheduled since JUNE so I think I will cry if it has to be rescheduled.
Thank you so much for all your prayers and support!!!!!!
And then it happened.
The Barenaked Ladies/Sarah McLachlan "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" started playing on the airwaves. I lost it. I couldn't stop crying. I was so overcome with joy. Pure, beautiful, and overwhelming joy because in the backseat sat my beautiful daughter for whom I had prayed, hoped, begged, pleaded, yearned, dreamed, imagined, and loved for years - and THIS year, this year we will celebrate Christmas together. I was undone. I could barely see through my tears. Then I hear her say at the end of the song, "Mommy! Hallelujah is Telugu!"
I said, "It is? What does it mean?"
She said, "It is songing to Jee-jus. We sing that in Hyderabad. You know that?"
I told her, "I do now Munni Bird :)"
The things she tells me never cease to amaze me; man, I love her soooooooooo much!!!!! I am thrilled for this Christmas. I can't wait to experience it with her!
In other good news, I finally got my child abuse clearance back from the state capital, which took f-o-r-e-v-e-r, so now I can move forward with my immigration paperwork and send my updated home study to India. They didn't want to send Baby R's CSR until they had my updated home study, so I'm happy, happy, happy! I still have to get the apostille step and 8,000 copies so I'm looking at about 2 weeks before it's probably in the mail but at least now I have a time frame!!!
Finally, if you could please, please pray that Munni's surgery/MRI would still happen on 12/4 I would greatly appreciate it. She's been fighting a cold. I've been trying to get this scheduled since JUNE so I think I will cry if it has to be rescheduled.
Thank you so much for all your prayers and support!!!!!!
I love that song (and that version of it) -- the lyrics are so good. And I will be praying for Munni's surgery. I forgot that she wasn't home last Christmas . . . it just seems like you've been together longer than that!
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Home for Christmas! Sweet. How fun these holidays will be for both of you. Surgery...get er done!
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