Bus Ride

The time has come when we next pick the girls up “for the weekend” we will not take them back.

Today we should get the news on when the passports for the Ukraine will be done; the girls will have dual citizenship until eighteen. With passports done the government official will award Susan and I custody. It will be both a glad and a sad time for them.

I have observed both girls but especially Alessia loves us to pick them up, but also to drop them off. They have friends who greet them at their return with hugs and questions on what they have done, how they are. Yesterday the director met us as we returned, She noticed their hair cuts and hard shopped for new shoes and was interested in their responses to her questions.

So this Thursday or Friday we will again travel to the orphanage to pick them up. Only this time the good byes, except for social media, will be longer. We will board the overnight train to Kiev . The American passports and immigration will need to be completed and then it is back to the states.

I hope others of their friends will be able to make their way to our country with forever families to love and support them through life.

Susan and I will have a “few” photos of some of these children.

Yesterday as we were leaving, As we stood waiting, at the bus stop across the street, I took a picture of the orphanage. A little blond haired boy stands at the iron gate; he has never failed to greet me each time I have come to visit. He is about seven and stares at us intently. Till we board the buss and are carried away.