Two weeks ...
It's been two weeks since Katya disappeared before church and five of us walked the grounds at The Covenant School to find her. She had found a rope swing nowhere near anything else and was just going back and forth. She knew it was her last real day. I wonder what she was thinking. I wonder what she was feeling.
During the past two weeks, we've shed some tears, but we've also laughed at the "Katya-isms" that are becoming part of our family:
"Da-dum, da-dum, da-dum, da-dum, da-dum, da-da-da-dum, dum-dum-dum-dum" - In case you're not yet in tune with the Katya-isms, that's the theme to the "Pink Panther." I cannot tell you how many of these we watched on YouTube.
"Gre-es" - that's my second daughter's name in English/Russian. Those are short "e's" and two syllables. Perhaps she is speaking Southern Russian.
"Tanner, Topsy - stand!" - Those are our two golden retrievers. She loved to tell them what to do. She particularly loved to tell them to "Stand!" They don't know "Stand." They know "Sit," "Down," and "Park-it." But they don't know "Stand." Tanner, particularly, would gaze at Katya with this confused expression as she insisted that he "STAND!"
We miss her. As I sang to Katya every night while she was with us, I continue to pray ...
The Lord make His face shine upon you
And give you peace
And give you peace
And give you peace - forever
The Lord be gracious to you
And turn His face toward you
And give you peace
And give you peace
And give you peace - forever
