Lightning and the making of a family.

Things have been going so well the past few days. After our trouble on Thursday, it seems everything is falling into place. Leah is doing so well with her own room and I found something she likes to do and it has given me the opportunity to bond with her. She loves making jewelry with beads and she is very good at it. We have worked together a few times and today I bought her some wire and some more beads and she was thrilled. She has been so wonderful with the girls and playing with them and seems to even enjoy Jacob. We are getting closer and they are both really learning English.

I have been having a little more trouble with connecting with Susha. There have been little ways we have bonded, but she still will not let me help her with anything. That is until tonight. We had a thunderstorm come through and it brought some lightning and loud thunder. Apparently Susha is very afraid of thunder. She came in the room after being tucked in crying and shaking. I helped her and comforted her and we went to see what was wrong and she showed me the lightning. We used the translator on the computer and told her how it is safe and we will protect her. She asked to sleep on the couch outside our room. So after we calmed her down, we tucked her in on the couch. We left the door open to help reassure her and Lloyd had not gone to bed yet. A few moment later a loud crash and a pretty good flash happened and within seconds, I had a little pixie in my bed. I tucked her in and we snuggled until the storm passed. She needed to go to the restroom once, but was afraid and needed me to hold her hand and escort her to the bathroom. It was sweet. She calmed and relaxed next to me and for the first time, I felt like she let me be her mother. After the storm passed, she was able to go back to the couch and was fine, but there are more storms coming, so we will leave the door open.

I hope in the future she will learn to not be afraid of the storms, but for now, I am happy for the experience of being able to comfort her and protect her. Thank you Lord for all the ways you are letting us become a family.