Kara and Meghan have come a long way in their sisterly relationship. At first Meghan was a little jealous of all the attention Kara received, then Kara was jealous. I find it curious when I read blogs saying that kids with Trisomy 21 do not have these feelings, because they are just children, and children do get jealous, they also get angry, throw fits, and act like stinkers, like any other child does.We have had our share of hair pulling (Kara to Meghan) or Kara being pushed to the floor by Meghan when she was an unsteady new walker. So when I see them holding hands and walking together, or playing sweetly with one another, it shows me that they are learning to be more gentle with one another, and that they love each other.
The last day of December I found the house grew suddenly quiet, this is never a good sign with small children, I glanced over and saw these two sweet girls napping together. I see them cuddling like this more and more, not so much with Amanda, who does not like to be cuddled, but they do allow her to play with them now, so that is a good sign!
My girls love each other, and they find comfort in each others company. When I see images like this I know that everything we went through to get Kara (and Amanda) home was worth it, she is loved here, she has a family here. If she were still in Ukraine, her new home would be the mental institution, I believe the one she would have been transferred to is a better one, but I also saw the effect it had on a very special boy who had to live there before his forever family adopted him. The sparkle left his eyes, and I barely recognized him when I saw pictures of him, it is coming back, I see it in his pictures with his new family, but he changed so much in that institution. I think God wanted Kara here, in our crazy and imperfect family, we may not be perfect, but we do love one another deeply.
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