Day 2

She's home, and yes, I realize I haven't even tried to post anything yet.  There will be pictures to come of some "first's" in America, but for now just words.  We've been settling, as much as you can settle with two energetic and lively Ugandan children running around a 1,000 square foot condo.  Of course, we've already visited the beach and already overcome Maggie's first verbalized fear.  She looked right at the waves and said, "Don't take me there.  I fear."  After some nice gentle pulls on the hand and a little nudge to put her feet in the water, her face changed from fear to pure joy.  A little ocean will do a lot of good for a fearful little girl, even if it means you are just putting your feet in.  As I mentioned in a much earlier post, "I come to the sea to breathe."  Maybe Maggie comes here to breathe, too.

I know many people have opinions about how much to expose their adopted children to in the first weeks, months and years, but it is quite possible that those opinions are just that, opinions.  In a full two days, Maggie has already done some grocery shopping at a huge supermarket, looked for some clothes at the mall, went to the beach, scootered at a local park, helped her family move out of their church building, peeled carrots and chopped veggies, met a ton of people, stayed at home by herself (ok, with her brother!), watched some movies, read some books, petted a bunch of dogs and changed clothes about 8 times.  She has been busy and overwhelmed and tired and yet, she has also been managing things very well.

We are all doing the best we can to roll with everything.  So, all I can say after day two is that we are floating along in the river God has placed us in and we are still keeping our heads above water.  But like I said, it is only day 2!