2017 — Page 45

Miracles In Motion – Dance Recital

Sunday afternoon Sarah, Claire and Bella had their dance recital. They were all pretty excited and I think Sarah talked about it for weeks and weeks. Though Sarah talked about it constantly, when the time came to dance I think she was the most scared on stage. She just had this look. Claire looked like she hadn’t a care in the world and was very animated and Bella also did pretty well. She didn’t seem very nervous.

It was a really nice afternoon and after all the work building up to it, I was glad to just be able to sit and watch. We were surprised when Meredith and Reagan showed up and that really made Sarah happy and I think Bella enjoyed seeing Reagan. The recital was great and I think I enjoyed it more than almost any they have had. The kids looked so nice and Kim did such a wonderful job with so many kids — has to be unbelievably hard to plan and carry out a recital of this caliber.

I have some pictures to post but will do them over several days since there are right many. I thought I would start with the hair and makeup. We were able to get there early and have their hair and makeup done and that was great. Saved me so much work. It was really for the kids that take the Plus class, but since I have Bella they went ahead and did her also.

I didn’t take many pictures as the lighting was awful but I did want to have a few of them getting ready.

After Bella had her makeup on and her hair done she danced a little in the hall for me. I thought she looked pretty cute. I look at her and think how much she has grown and changed in the past 4 years since she has been here. I wish the women in the orphanage could see her now.

I will have pictures of the kids dancing next time.

More Surgery

On Friday Tess had some out patient surgery done. She is doing ok but is having some pain. I think she will be feeling a lot better by Monday or Tuesday. It is odd how different Piper and Tess have been when faced with surgical procedures. Piper hasn’t a care in the world and actually acts excited when told she will be having surgery. She will talk about it and tell everyone and talk and talk and talk about it. You would almost think she was going on a vacation. Tess, on the other hand, was extremely anxious. When I told her she was very quiet. Then she started asking questions. I could tell she was concerned. She finally said she didn’t want to have surgery and she was scared. I talked to her and explained that I would be there from the time we arrived until she was ready to go home and she didn’t have to be scared. That she would have some pain but not too much and the doctor would give her pain meds.

On the day of surgery she was still pretty anxious, but did better than I thought she would. She went back without any tears. She did come back looking pretty mad at me. She would hardly look at me at first. Tess has a tendency to blame me for most of her problems. But, she started feeling sick and I think that took her mind off the fact that the surgery was probably my fault.

She went home with a pan to throw up in and was sick for about another hour. Then she felt a little better since she got to watch a movie. Today she has complained of pain, but other than that she has been pretty happy and I think I am forgiven.