Year of Transitions...Willow and Niko Continue to Blossom

Let go or be dragged Unknown

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances
Viktor E. Frankl

We have had no more transitional year than this one...not even the year we adopted Willow. This is why we haven't posted in such a long time. Although we are still transitioning things have calmed and it is time to continue the story we started for our children, Niko and Willow. When it comes to them we have found we are blessed beyond words and that how we live with them is still much more important than anything we plan or give to them.

Niko has just entered Middle School after the most amazing school year. He had many supports but central to them all was Mr. Nisoff, his fifth grade teacher. Because Niko felt he could be himself and that his unique qualities were valued and supported, he loved to go to school. This also relaxed his mind in ways that had him made drastic improvements in his reading and writing skills. His school year could not have gone better and now he is enjoying the independence of Middle School in ways we did not even think possible just over a year ago.







Willow now is in Pre-K and loving it. Being an adventuresome extrovert and having loving teachers, she has always loved to go to school and continues to this year. She still has the same boyfriend, Abdu. And, now that she has become much more articulate she is all the more skilled at telling him what to do. One unfortunate event was that we realized Willow could not eat cold dairy products without disastrous consequences...this video is of her eating her last ice cream cone. While she looks happy eating it, the night was not one she nor Lucy wants to repeat.


Both Niko and Willow are as happy as they have ever been. :) Lucy and I now live a few blocks away from each other...life is complicated, unpredictable and often out of our control more than we would care to admit and that isn't a bad thing, it is just a thing and we accept that. While Niko and Willow do not get many chances to be around us both at the same time, they still know they have two loving parents who work together to make sure they are safe and continue to have every opportunity possible to blossom and be happy...and happy they are, so life is good. Hope you have a wonderful day. :)