The Elephant

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We got to return to the Care Center after nap time on Friday afternoon/evening. Mihret was still quite groggy when we arrived, but she didn’t have any problems with us picking her up and playing with her some more. On our first meeting earlier in the afternoon, we brought a tiny purple plush elephant to share with her. There was much debate amongst ourselves about whether we should take the elephant with us when we left or leave it there with her. She didn’t let go of the elephant the entire time we were with her during the first meeting. We knew she liked it. But we knew there was a very good chance she could lose the elephant and it could get claimed by someone else…which would be a very bad thing. We decided to take it with us and bring it with us every time we came to the Center.

That’s the elephant in the lower section of the picture above. It used to be Aiden’s. But he never really played with it as a baby. Every time we returned to the Care Center, we brought the elephant so there’d be one more thing for her to associate with us. It turned out to be a good thing. On Saturday, she gave us a little smile when she saw the elephant and reached out to it. She loved handing it to us then taking it back from us. Apparently, sharing is a game to her. That might not be a bad thing.

Not sure if we’ll ever get her hair looking like this, but we’ll certainly try. Well…Christy will try. I’ll give moral support. Because I’m lucky to get Alyson’s hair into pigtails. 🙂

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Matt Todd

Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"
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