Carly

My mom sent me an email today letting me know I forgot something. My cousin is adopted from Russia.

I know she is adopted!

But the thing about bringing a child into your family...is they are family. You don't classify them as she is my "real" cousin and she is my "adopted" cousin. Carly is my family reguardless of how she came to be in it. If you classify them as adopted, then I don't think they really ever become part of the family. And because I feel this way about Carly, I kind of forgot to mention it in my previous post.

I am sure my mom reminded me so I can share a little more of how I have experience adopted on a more personal level.

I don't think anyone would look at her and think she is adopted though. She looks like her dad and acts just like her momma....which is a good thing Suzanne!!

This is an older picture of my little cousin. She is a couple years older than Ella. Ella calls her...her best friend.