So, here we go again! Two more months at home in the mountains and we will be back to packing up and traveling. Sweet husband of mine has finished his testing and we are heading to clinicals in Florida! Back to the sunshine and heat for us. We are off to Miami! For as long as I can remember, GracieBug has been convinced that Miami where her cousins live is actually "her ami". Get it? I am not saying anyone reading this isn't quick on the uptake or however that goes, but it took me a minute. She would get so upset with me when I said, "we are going to Miami." Her response would be, "No MY ami." I would say, "Yes...that is what I said..." This would happen...frequently...on our travels back and forth to Miami from the Caribbean. I remember our first such conversation on the plane.
"MY ami,"she says to my claim that we are almost to Miami.
"That is what I said!" Huffing and deep sighs of frustration from small one would follow.
"It's not You ami. It MY ami," she stresses to me in her biggest authorative voice she could muster. Silence. Oh, I get it now. But just how do I explain to her that it isn't anyone's ami? It is just Miami. I try the logical approach of this line of thought. Nope. Only more frustration. Finally, after much discussion on the plane with other passengers snickering about us I give in to her logic.
"Yes, we are going to YourAmi."
Upon landing in "YourAmi" the flight attendant welcomes us to Miami and Gracie shakes her head and rolls her eyes. When WILL these old people get it? So, getting off the plane she politely informs the attendant, "It's MYami." Right.
So everyone, it is almost official. We are heading to MYami or somewhere around there, but not quite there. It is just another of the many destinations on our way. It has been an interesting journey thus far and we are hanging in there. It has also been 2 1/2 years since our LID for MeiMei. We are still waiting and longing. That has been a journey unto itself and one I will share more about later. Right now, I am listening to the sounds of my girl sleep and I am starting to doze off a bit myself.
Life is good.
