Memories

Elizabeth still has many memories of her life in Guatemala. Some of those memories are better than others, but she holds no hard feelings for the negative ones. She is very open about her memories, good or bad. Last year during National Adoption Month I did a book reading in her second grade classroom. I read the book Forever Fingerprints and all the kids got to make their own fingerprint pictures. Afterwards the kids were allowed to ask Elizabeth and I questions about adoption and Elizabeth's life in Guatemala. I was amazed at the questions these kids came up with at such a young age! Elizabeth stood at the front of the class and answered each question openly and honestly.
One of Elizabeth's best memories is of the orphanage director, Aracely. One day I came home to find her crying and missing Aracely. I emailed Bob at International Families and as luck would have it he was traveling to Guatemala in a few days. He made arrangements to go to El Jardin and made a 3 way phone call from Guatemala so that Elizabeth could talk to Aracely with a translator, since by that time she was no longer speaking Spanish. Both Elizabeth and Aracely enjoyed the conversation, but I wish Aracely could have seen the smile on Elizabeth's face! Hopefully one day we will return to visit.