April 24, 2016
Dear K, I love you sweet pea. I love everything about you. I strive to be a little more like you each day. You have so much love and light and strength and patience and integrity in you. You're a hard worker. You always bring home the best grades and you always go the extra mile for yourself and for everyone around you. One of the greatest blessings in my life was knowing your mother.
April 24, 2016
Dear S, When you came to Kopila it took about 6 months before you uttered your first words. I knew you could hear what we were saying but I wasn't sure you could speak. The first time you spoke, you said an entire sentence and it came completely out of the blue. Sarah was there and we both looked at each other and cried. You were always really painfully shy, but little by little and in your own time, you came out of your shell. You have found your place in our family so beautifully.
April 23, 2016
Dear K, I swear I just spent the past five minutes staring at your picture and smiling. My favorite thing about you is your laugh. I love when you're telling a story and you start laughing so hard you can't even get the words out and I have no idea what you're trying to say but I start laughing too. I love seeing you curled up with a book and how you always give me the play by play on what you're reading and what scene you're on.
April 23, 2016
Dear K, How is it possible that you're 18? I'm not old enough to have an 18 year old!! You call me mom but you're probably more like a brother to me. Sometimes I feel like you're my big brother because you always take care of me. You're the man of the house for sure. I worry that you take on too much responsibility. Y
April 19, 2016
Dear K, From the moment I saw you, I knew you belonged in our family. It was instantaneous. I knew it in my belly and it was like no other feeling I've ever felt. From the very first minute you walked into our home with your big sister, it was like you had been there all along, like you had lived at Kopila your entire life. I've never seen anything like it actually. You fit right in and assimilated so naturally. You made us laugh more, savor more, take joy in the little things. Tope Uncle brought an ice cream truck to the house that day and we all celebrated. You learned English in two seconds, like some sort of prodigy.
