The Timing

I found myself thinking often of two families that have recently lost a child. The first family I have followed for a couple years now and their son was 6 years old when he lost his fight to neuroblastoma not too many months ago. The second family was a family that was in the same RFE facebook support group as us because they adopted their daughter and were stuck as we were with Bereket at Embassy and they hired the same lawyer as we did to get their sweet little girl (Marra) home. Marra came home the first part of January and we got Bereket home around the end of the same month so they were very close in coming to America and the same age!  She was killed in a tragic accident (a car hit her!)  You can check out their blog by going to my blogs otherwise  www.dullmomentsnever.blogspot.com

Anyway, as the anniversary of Kohlie's death is arriving (16th) I found it ironic how drawn I have been to these families and have left comments on them just in the past week.  It will be five years and in so many ways I feel that is a huge mile marker, like cancer.  Last night I was told I am a survivor!  Never thought of it like that!  Made it through the hardest grief in those last five years!!  Yet, the heart still hurts! 

one year old