Lucky Girl

People have said a lot of things to us as we wander around the various places. Mostly they tell us how beautiful she is. Someone once told us she was a "lucky girl". I'm not exactly sure what she meant by that, seems like you could take that a number of different ways. I suppose she is lucky in a way to be joining our family given all the fun we will have together, all the experiences we will share, and all the opportunities which will be open to her. Life here is not easy, you do not have to walk far thru these streets to see that. Our host/guide Monica is studying business in hopes of getting a better job some day. We also wonder how much of what people say she is really telling us. Sometimes she will talk to someone for 5 minutes or so and then at the end she will turn to us and say "they said she is beautiful".

We met a nice couple yesterday with their 4 year old daughter Olivia. They were here 4 years ago for their adoption trip, and now they are returning to visit Olivia's foster mom for the first time. Their first trip happened around the time of the SARS scare. It was interesting talking to them about their experience back then and how things are now, kinda like they were sent to give us a glimpse of what lies in store for us. Neela and Olivia had a blast together. Neela kept giving her hugs. I think maybe she misses her little friends from the orphanage, so it will be good to get home so the boyz can give her some "kid love".

Dave