A Little Bit O' Love....

This week was filled with little bits of love. We had a fun Valentine's day. Jae-min had fun passing out and getting cards from his friends at preschool. He even shared his little treats with Jaelah. And then my little loose lips (aka Jae-min) decided to tell Daddy about his present waiting for him when he got home from work. Oh well, no more surprises....but lots of laughs!!!

Here are the 2 Valentine cuties....
My second love moment of the week happened at the mailbox. You see, the day after Christmas we had ordered some special prints from a website kilsook. I have been waiting and waiting anxiously for these prints to arrive because after we got Jaelah's referral last year we ordered a big brother, little sister print and had been waiting for these other two so that we could frame them all and hang them. Here they are....
The little boy and little girl are wearing shirts with Korean Air on them. The poem is about a big blue stork delivering a family together. And do you see that print above.....this lovely lady sent it unexpectedly due to the large delay in the order. Its about having a special place in our family tree for Jae-min and Jaelah. Aren't they beautiful. I love them!!!

The last love moment of the week came in a package from Korea....specifically from Jaelah's Omma.
She sent these 3 hand knit sweaters which we actually have pictures of Jaelah wearing when she was in Korea. We also have pictures of Jaelah using the Pororo backpack and the hippo and hat were part of our care package that we had sent. There was a lovely note attached to it all.

My heart broke all over again as I looked at all these things and read that note. The guilt of what happened on that heartwrenching day came flooding back. The tears, the looks, the screams, the heartbreak was all remembered. My head knows that her foster family was never meant to be forever, but my heart still hurts for all they (and she) had to endure to get her to us...her forever family.

As I smell the sweaters it all comes back...they smell like Korea and if you've ever been you know exactly what I mean. Just a little more sadness in this story of ours. I have been working on gathering some pictures to send to her Omma so now I will make it a priority. All that went down that day can not change the fact that this little girl was loved.