What Matters Most...
It's been almost 3 months since we've been home with our sweet Madhavi. It feels like just yesterday, Nate and I were just on a plane to India, staring at each other, wondering what this next chapter of life would bring. I don't think in those moments we really had any idea what we were getting ourselves into, but we were hopeful that love would prove to be transformational. Today, we received Madi's certificate of citizenship in the mail and couldn't get over the contrast of the picture on the certificate (which was taken the day we took her out of the orphanage), and the little girl sitting in front of us. Even Madi, when she looked at the picture, got visibly upset and pushed it away. A child once full of fear, sadness, and despair, now runs around with her big brother laughing, whispering secrets, and calling your name over and over to show you everything that's a part of her new world. Love is a pretty powerful thing. Two weeks ago, I went back t