Of all things, we were watching “Puss n Boots” (only so-so from my perspective, but I was desperate for a movie because Steve and Kalyn are at the Father/Daughter dance tonight),
ANYWHO....
during the movie it came up that the cat was an orphan - had no mommy or daddy.
Well, Noelani, who doesn’t understand much English yet, picked up on a few important words and asked me about them. She asked me “No Mommy, no Daddy?”, I answered “That’s right, the kitty has no mommy or daddy and is at an orphanage now.”
She thought on that for a minute and then asked me again. I answered the same.
After a second, she tapped my arm and said.........
Are you ready for this?
She pointed to herself and with smiles said “Noelani - no orphan, has mommy and daddy now.”
My heart melted. And I smiled back at her and said (holding back the tears), “Yes, Noelani has a mommy and a daddy now.”
Amen! Noelani!!!! Amen!!!
ReplyDeleteShonni...seriously in tears!!! Thank you Lord!!! Ohhh, this has made my night. It's moment by moment right now my friend...God is moving...tears!
ReplyDeleteYAY! awesome and precious!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! That took my breath away! What a beautiful moment! Praise God.
ReplyDeleteOh, precious girl...praising God that she has a mommy and daddy who love her so much!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is so incredible. Praise God!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. No other words....just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYou said it all...Praise the Lord!
ReplyDeleteWhat a blessing! You are such an inspiration as I hope to foster or adopt in the future. I know it will be tough, but the payoff is worth it!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! You guys are so amazing. It's a blessing just seeing God work through your lives!
ReplyDeleteCelee
Beautiful!! She gets it ! And she is verbalizing it- YAY GOD!!
ReplyDeleteRemember that big family that she didn't want any part of- well now thy are her best friends and her source of love!
God is so good! Nothing it too big for HIM!!
Wow! She's making such huge progress in such a short amount of time. I have watched my friend Shelia and her family as they have navigated these waters the past year. I always tell her... "It's amazing how far she's come." To you, it may seem like it's happening so slowly, and it is, but when you consider how long she has lived away from "normalcy", it's amazing that they are able to absorb as much as they do...language barrier and all.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Rebecca
A perfect moment created by our God for you and for her!!! Yay for Noelani!!! Yay for mama!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is very, very cool :) What a special moment!
ReplyDeleteWe happened to watch this movie last night also....it was our "Daddy is out of town and life is crazy" movie also. We also had a couple of special "orphan" related comments. Who knew Puss & Boots could do all that? :)
WOW!!!! Goosebumps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome, Shonni! {baby steps...baby steps} It's good to hear what she is thinking.
ReplyDeleteInstant tears to my eyes! What a blessing!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That's huge! So happy that you are learning "the dance..."
ReplyDeletetears!
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