Quality Time With Esi & Samuel

March 22, 2012 - Well, Thursday is here already.  This day we know will be a sad day.  Later tonight we will give Esi & Samuel big hugs and say, "See you later.  We love you very much and we will be back to get you soon."  But, we spent good quality time with the kiddos today.  We were going to swim in a very nice swimming pool at the hotel.  We packed our swimming suits and brought swimming suits for Esi and Samuel.  We went to check out the pool to find it empty of water and filled with men breaking old tiles and replacing them with new.  Plan B time.  We decided we would just spend time outside in a very nice covered partially breezy sort of place.  We pulled some games out to teach the kids how to play and had a ball playing with them.  At times we would pull the American snacks out.  That was really funny at times.  Then back to the coloring books and work books.  We had a really good time playing with the kids. I had the opportunity to video the kids dancing for me too.  Five days earlier I would have never guessed they would be dancing for the camera and saying "I love you Megan, I love you Andrew" in the camera.  Later after lunch, you guessed it, Fried Rice & Chicken, we went to a little party celebrating the dedication of a new foster home. Before we went to the party, we stopped by Esi and Samuels foster home and visited a bit.  This time it was a little much for the kids.  I was looking for Samuel and Donna come up and said he was crying.  I went to see and found him standing in a corner sobbing.  He sobbed for 30 minutes. I did not know what to do.  Words of comfort did not help.  It was really bitter sweet.  I hated to see him that upset, but on the other hand I was able to see the bonding that had taking place in 5 days between Mommy, Daddy and Samuel.  This was valuable for the relationship, but still very very difficult to watch.  Esi also was crying.  We told them that we were not leaving yet.  we still had dinner and some time, but they knew it was too close for comfort.  Needless to say we eventually took them back to the foster home after eating and had the family hug that we had introduced them to 5 days earlier and we just all cried together.  Well, we were all on the same page.  That was apparent.  So hard to leave.  Before leaving we explained to Esi and Samuel that some children in the world did not have a Mommy and a Daddy, but they did have a Mommy and a Daddy and we would be back.  We made our way back to the hotel for a very quiet evening and the last night in Ghana.