Lincoln: What can't Hope's mommy get in her car and bring her here?
Mom: Lincoln, Hope's family couldn't take care of her so right now she doesn't have a mommy or a daddy or a brother so that's why your daddy and I are going to go to China and bring her home to our family so I can be her mommy, daddy can be her daddy and you and Sully can be her big brothers.
Lincoln: But why doesn't she have a mommy?
Mom: I don't know, but maybe they didn't know how to take care of a baby with a birthmark like hers and like Sully's but we do and you need a baby sister, don't you think?
Lincoln: Yeah...
Just a couple hours after we had this little talk Lincoln amazed me when he was able to tell the social worker without any coaching that "Hope doesn't have a mommy or a daddy or a brother so we're going to be her family." Oh son, YOU GET IT!!! Lincoln's love is growing by leaps and bounds for his sister already. Its going to be so fun to see the boys get wrapped around our little girl's finger...and ours :)
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What a cutie!! My son was 10 when we finished paperwork and 12 when we traveled, so it was a whole different animal. Interesting to hear the perspective of a younger child and how they process "an available child without parents." Must be confusing, and, possibly scary as well. Thanks for sharing this. xoxo