Percy Sighting

Last weekend we were in the plaza, walking and observing all of the Easter weekend festivities. For whatever reason, during Holy Week women flood the street with their vendor carts, selling candy apples, candy strawberries and candy grapes. We ventured out and tried the candy covered strawberries, but with a definite consensus that they were NOT good! We subsequently gave them to a little girl that was begging on the street with her brothers, and she was quite proud to have been the one selected for this gift. She taunted her brothers for a moment before deciding to share this strange treat with them.

As we walked off laughing from this experience, we stumbled upon some familiar faces - Percy's new parents. (Percy is one of the boys that was adopted from our children's home about 3 weeks ago.) I was probably too excited to see them and they looked a bit startled when we gave them an eager greeting! Percy was wrapped around his mother like a little monkey, arms around her neck and legs around her waist, gazing into her eyes and smiling. His parents quickly recognized us and returned our warm greeting, but it appeared that Percy didn't recognize us right away. He looked at us complacently for a moment until it dawned on him who we were, then smiled and called out our names, never once loosening his grip on his mommy. We communicated with his parents through hand gestures for a moment to combat the Italian - Spanish language barrier, then gave them hugs goodbye and were on our way.

As we walked away my eyes just filled with tears as I realized just how happy and comfortable Percy is with his new family. That first moment of introduction, full of hesitation and insecurity, is now a distant memory and he hardly remembers us, the ones he clung to just one month ago! Amazing. God is so good and this little boy is finally resting in the parental love and adoration he deserves. What a joy to see that!