First Phone Call

We were able to talk to Grace yesterday!!!!! It was so wonderful to hear Grace's voice. It was also so emotional for all of us. We asked Brother and Sister to try not to cry. It was already so hard on Grace. We got to talk for about 45 minutes. It was so hard she kept begging for us to come and see her. They have asked us to not come until this coming Saturday. I have to say it is so hard to not talk to her everyday, and to not be able to see her for this long is so difficult. While we were talking to Grace she was upset because she could not find the pictures she had of our family. I was able to remind her of where I thought they got out. I am hoping that she found them and that made her day better. One thing we do with our kids at dinner time is we ask them their high and their low for the day. Dad was so sweet to think to ask her that on the phone. Of course her high was talking to us. Her low was not being able to see us in person. It breaks our heart to hear her so sad. She was so frustrated because she says things are moving slowly on the facilities part and they had not got her placed into the school program last week. She had a lot of down time to sit. That to me would be worse because time would go by so slowly. She also said that she wishes she could have got to the facility sooner because then she would almost be done by now. I thought that was interesting to her that from her. Brother talked to Grace and it was so sweet to hear him tell her I love you and I miss you. When they are all together they fight so much, but when they are apart they are so sad. Brother and Grace are only 15 months apart. Neither one of them remembers life with out the other. Sister had a really hard time trying to keep it together while talking to Grace. She was able to tell Grace that she was taking care of her stuffed animals. Sister is also taking care of Grace's dog. At this point none of us knows what to say to Grace. What do we tell her? If we tell her about the lunch and movie we went to then she will be sad. She needs to know that life goes on, but I don't want her to be hurt either. We did talk about when we do come to see her what we can bring her. We are allowed to bring in food. She asked for us to bring her Panda Express. I guess she is not eating well. I hope that the visit goes well. I can't wait until Saturday.