we landed in uganda 1 year ago today. hard to believe that one year has passed yet we have only been home for 11 days. the past year has been filled with so many good times and hard times..times filled with anxiety and frustration and times filled with hope and laughter.
i am having a hard time processing all that we have endured the past 12 months because the days were filled with so much emotion. so many good and bad things. so many sweet people that we now have said goodbye to. and to be honest, there hasn't been a whole lot of time to think through things since we landed on US soil.
my time here has been spent trying to help the littles adjust to our new life at home.
the life we longed for.
fought for..hoped, wished and prayed for.
it is a very odd feeling to fight for something for so long and long for 'home' for months on end and then we get home..only to realize that we had made a 'home' for ourselves in kampala..we created a home out of necessity ... our 'home' may have moved a billion times during the past year and we may have been living out of suitcases the entire time but it was home because our sweet little family was together....i am thankful that this transition is harder than i thought it would be because i think it means that we made the most of our precious time in east africa. it feels right that we sunk down and let our roots seep into the ground. it feels right that we know so much about our babies' first country..it feels right that we had to make our home in their country..that we experienced what they knew as home as our own before bringing them to ours. it feels right that our hearts are forever linked to the country that has so graciously allowed us to care for two precious children that we get to call our own.
what felt wrong** for so long feels so right now and for that..i am so thankful.
**wrong::in the sense that it wasn't what we had planned..not what we expected. not in the bad sense of the word...y'all know we love Uganda and our time there!
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I understand what you are saying. Such a beautiful perspective Sara.
ReplyDeleteI think in many ways it is wonderful that you gained so much more insight of Uganda than most families do. You have lived and breathed their culture until it has become yours too.
Have you heard about the new heritage adoption requirement for families to return to Uganda five years after adoption? I think it is a wonderful idea, not that I would need an excuse to go back after we have adopted!
Enjoy every single day!
You are doing amazing!
ReplyDeleteStill thinking of you all often and praying for this transition as you sink back into "normal" life here in America:)