Nostalgic Andrew Prasad

Andrew has been very nostalgic today, talking a lot about his past and asking me to play Indian music (we've been listening non-stop). He's been missing friends from his old orphanage and at the same time remembering very sad and frightening memories. He came home at almost 7 years, so he remembers the day he received the news of a family and the photo album we sent him-- the biggest day of his life up until that point. He'd spent years saying goodbye to his orphanage friends, and kept wondering when it would be his turn to have a home and family. Today he described memories of being at his Mumbai school, longing for a mother, wondering if she was around and if he'd ever meet her. He said there were times he thought she was there with him, standing behind him in class, in spirit somehow. He's very, very sweet... with tears he finished by saying "I didn't know that you were real, Mom, I just thought I only imagined you."

After two years of being home his gratitude hasn't diminished an ounce, and neither has ours. He was one month shy from being sent to a government home. He has said with great certainty that our guru helped him get home "just in time". It was one of those all-around "divine timing" things because we also happened to meet him on our guru's birthday, January 5th.

I wanted to post the link to the 1 year anniversary slideshow we made for Andrew last year. He begged to watch it today and became quite emotional. I'm noticing he's really opening up to a trip back to India some day (as long as Mommy is with him).