Writing these letters to your hopefully going to be 12ish year old daughter whom you've never met and speaks another language from another culture is really hard. It's hard to know where to begin or what to say, and when you think of something, then you over-analyze that. Will she feel like that places expectations upon her? Will it make her feel left out? If we sign it Mom and Dad are we assuming too much? If we sign it Dave & Karen are we holding her too far away? Really, its agonizing. These monthly letters have been going on for a few months now, and really they never get easier.
However, today, we got a few lines back that she asked be sent to us and it was the most amazing gift. There was a connection in those emailed words through translators, if you can believe that. Her words changed this time, her face changed, her tone changed... and it melted my heart instantly.
The road ahead is getting shorter but the journey is still going to be a difficult one. Still, the foundation is already being built, amazingly, through a few translated words over email. Court in 10 days...
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