Pictures Worth More Than 1000 Words

What a great Christmas it was. Our traditional Puskar Christmas Eve. A great seafood dinner prepared by the best Mom in the world. An evening of spending time with the family. 2 magnificent church services; one with family and the other one on my own as a personal time of reflection this holiday season. Christmas morning with LA's homemade pancakes and opening stockings with Tiff and Robert. Then a grand Christmas Day dinner, once again cooked with love by my Mom. And to wake up today with seven inches of snow on the ground and the first White Christmas in Raleigh since 1947. Indeed it was a great weekend. But to make things even better, we received some pictures of Nastya from the Paulson family as they travel in the Ukraine working on their own adoption. Judy sent us pictures of Christmas Eve Day with the kids opening some small gifts we had sent to them via the Paulsons. Then more pictures from Christmas Day of the kids looking at pictures we had emailed them of our holiday traditions. Nastya was smiling from ear to ear and it warmed my heart. I got to Skype with Judy this afternoon as well and was delighted to find out that Nastya is already speaking about Daisy to her friends at the orphanage as "her dog". Stories were shared of how excited she was of seeing pictures I had sent her of her room, our house and the 7" of snow, Daisy, and the Puskar holidays. Whomever said that a picture is worth a thousand words is wrong. Just based upon Nastya's reaction in the photos as she looked at photos that we sent her and the overwhelming joy I felt as I looked at the pictures Judy sent us, I must say a thousand words doesn't cut it. So many thanks to the Paulsons for loving Nastya while they are there and for sharing their moments with us. Truly priceless.