Memories

It's time for the Lian's 6-month post adoption report. Wow, we’ve been home almost 6 months. And yet China seems like a lifetime away, and Lian has fitted in like she has always been here.
So our social worker, Carrie, who has worked with us through both adoptions, arrives for our interview. After Carrie met Lian, she (Lian, not Carrie)was whisked upstairs for her nap. Lela, who no longer naps, was suitably attired for an afternoon visit in Cinderella gown, tiara and high heels, and busy trying to horn in on the conversation with princess vacations to Illinois and anything else she can come up with. Carrie attempted to convert her to a source and asked, "What do you remember about your trip to China?" Lela thought a few moments and said, "Well, Mama tried to encourage me to eat slimy things that were still living." This is a verbatim quote. So, the Great Wall, Terra Cotta Warriors, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven... and her main memory of China is the plastic bins full of live water bugs, worms, poisonous sea snakes and other delicacies at the restaurant in Guangzhou where we ate the night of the Autumn Moon Festival. Good thing I took a lot of pictures.