A Bonding Time

An experience that may only be experienced when you adopt a child are those key moments when you know you have be "accepted".  It could be the way they look at you or how the grasp is returned.  A couple of nights ago I had such a profound moment that I wanted to share.

 

Wesley didn't want to lay and sleep and Sondra was exhausted so I took and and laid him on my chest.  Since eariler he had preferred to not look directly at me for very long he laid there facing up.  He quickly ralaxed and dozed off to sleep, and I moved him off to sleep between us. Only after a couple hours of sleep he became restless and tossing and turned.  Again I brought him to my chest and he calmed, but we didn't doze of again.  We laid there for awhile listening to each other breath.  After what seemed hours he turned and laid facing me and we looked at each other, and again time seemed to stand still.  Now I could feel his heartbeat and often found that our breathing became the same.  I prayed and cried for him and us for much of the this time it was just us there in this snuggled embrace.

 

Then as if to say "you will do" he tucked his head under my chin and went sleep.  After another short cry I dozed back off too. 

 

Writing this was not without tears.