At first we thought this was just a normal reaction - most adopted children from China have never been bathed in water, just wiped off with water. So sometimes it takes a couple of baths to get them used to it.
Well not Lily!!
For 12 months she has cried and covered her face through every bath, we didn't even attempt for the first 2 months to put her in water after the terrifying shrills she let out the first few times. We then just decided we would keep trying, we would have her in and out in 2 minutes - but the girl had to get clean - especially during Summer - wow can she sweat.
We couldn't even carry her into the bathroom without her crying
She wouldn't go near a pool this Summer
It quickly became obvious this wasn't normal adjustment, something had happened to our sweet girl involving water, something that made her SO terrified of it, that something we would never know.
Then gradually it happened - she started crawling into the bathroom
She started just whimpering during her baths not screaming
and then suddenly after 15 months
we got this
and this
and this
the miracle of adoption, the restoration of a life, a child that was fatherless is no longer - the healing that takes place when love abounds is astounding - no wonder God commands us to take care of the orphan to be a father to the fatherless.
LOVE LOVE LOVE adoption
(note : we have an old house with old grout - it's clean just doesn't get white anymore :) )
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