As of May 8

We were so busy these past weeks, visiting and distracting ourselves from Papa's absence that  one little detail got a bit lost in the shuffle- on May 8 we reached the seventh year anniversary of the day we met Evelyn.
The girl has been with us for seven years and though I become acutely aware of each day of those years when I look at how long her legs are, when I listen to how sophisticated her speech is...it still seems like the blink of an eye to my heart.
I'm left wondering if it will ever feel like I have had enough time with her. I know the answer to that one, really I do, it's just that there is a certain comfort in thinking that I don't, in thinking that maybe one day I will be able to say, "Ok, go on, I'm ready".
On the day we met her, it was steamy hot in China. We were in a big conference room in our hotel in the middle of Jiangxi City and we were just one couple in a group of 19 that were waiting to meet their child. I remember the big doors at the back of the room being opened and the hall being filled with babies and nanniesAnd I remember catching a glimpse of her and realizing right there that it was really going to happen, they were really and truly going to let me have her.

She has been an absolute joy, this girl that I had to go half way around the world for. She has completed me in a way that I never thought possible. I had no idea how much a person could love another until my love for her started to grow and take root in my heart. She came to us as this tiny, fragile, frightened baby and now, though she is still tiny, she is healthy, glowing, full of light and laughter, she is a real bit of magic, this Fu Mei, and Leslie and I are completely honored to share this part of her life with her.