Cheri Kay in Haiti....where my life became meaningful.

We are so lucky to be with family!!!!! I really didn't know how much we'd enjoy our time with family when I decided to move us to Michigan! It's starting to get cold (and I'm not happy about that) but the kids are having a BLAST with the FAM!!!!!! We went trick or treating with my step sister, her kids, and my dad and step-mom on Saturday! We had so much fun! I took Ecrissa through a haunted house and she LOVED it! It was too cute when she finished, she looked at me and signed "AGAIN" with a huge smile on her face! He communication skills are getting so much better! When she saw Grandma, she signed a whole story of what happened inside the haunted house! TOO CUTE!!!!! This is Grandma Sessions (Cookie Monster), Jaryse (Spider Man) and Ecrissa (Diva Bug)! The kids had their most recent pediatrician appointment and I am forever amazed at how well they are doing! I am so thankful for their health and their constant advances forward. Have a happy Hallowee...

....but I'll update you later. Right now I want to reflect and remember. October 8th 2004---The day I first landed in the nation that changed my life forever! A place that I had only planned on visiting for 10 days because the work in the orphanage would look good on my resume, the place I had never heard of before, the place that now holds a HUGE place in my heart. Just over 6 years ago I met the two people that would forever change me! I met Jaryse and Ecrissa on October 8th and 9th respectively. Jaryse was just over 2 weeks old and he stole my heart the minute I laid my eyes on him. Ecrissa was 17 months old and was developmentally seriously delayed. By the end of my brief 10 days in I knew that I was leaving that country a changed person. I was leaving as a Mother. Becoming a Momma changed me. I never knew that I could love this much. I never knew anyone could love me in this way. I never truly understood how my parents felt about me until I looked at the faces of my Daughter a...