Life

Dearest Evie Li,

You are such a rainbow after the storm. The waters are still surging, and always will I'm afraid, but it simply goes to show that a loss cannot be replaced by someone else. You are a different child, one that was chosen and loved from the second we saw you. You are not a replacement. You are treasured and we are your lifetime advocates. We will fight tooth and nail for you just as our others. We are a close-knit tribe. Once you find your tribe, you love them hard. You are the missing piece to our puzzle and we are so thankful we found you. Your name was lovingly chosen by your parents and your siblings. We all had to agree! The only rule to naming you was it must be Biblical to match the others. Evie isn't truly Biblical, but is derived from Eve and Bible girl names were hard to agree on! Your name means "life"... life that was sanctified by God, unselfishly honored by your birth family, and treasured and fought for by your forever family. I pray your stoic face softens quickly upon meeting us as we grow in love. We cannot wait to be with you and get to see your area where you were born and raised for six and a half years. Your siblings are sleeping in your room tonight, anticipating your arrival. We talked tonight about where you would sit at the table (yes, as of now we have two empty seats hehe). The siblings really fought over you. They all want you to sit beside them. We hope we get the most wonderful Christmas blessing this year that will last a lifetime!!!! My head is spinning off my shoulders with thinking about WINTER clothes (arctic it seems), Joy's upcoming surgery, school, adoption paperwork, Halloween costumes, Christmas gifts, and sweeping... at some point? Through the busy, we realize it's a season and it's all worth it. We can't wait to wrap our arms around you and just LOVE.

Until we meet,
Mommy