This made my week...

Wednesday mornings is Pink Room's group time with Rocio and myself. Pink Room is comprised of the youngest children at Casa Alba orphanage. Sometime during the program, I forgot when, Rocio left to go get glue or scissors or something. While the kids and I waited for her to return, Cerasela and Diana began a very interesting discussion. They were talking about their birth moms. Cera looked at me and and stated that Diana's birth mom had been there visiting recently. Diana, unable to contain her absolute delight in this recent event, was overcome with giggles and smiles as she admitted that this was true. I smiled and said "Really Diana? That's great!" Diana looked up at me and screeched in delight, jumped up from her chair, threw her arms around my neck (seriously squeezing so hard I couldn't breathe) and planted the biggest, breakfast smelling kiss on my cheek. Then she threw herself back down onto her chair, again in screeching, beautiful giggles and told me "She brought me chocolate." Cera then added that Diana had shared the chocolate with her as well. I complimented Diana on having such a giving heart. It was then that my heart just lifted... Cera says....
"I have a Mom, but she isn't my Mom - Mom anymore. I know I'm going to get a second Mom. Then I'll have two Moms. And, Diana too."
I cannot TELL YOU how long I have waited to hear a child speak this themselves...without me working this into prayer times or speaking about it to them. Cera, without us even talking about Moms, said this on her own. The kids at Casa Alba have really been shielded from the truth about their situations. Well, knowing the full stories of their abandonments and family history is not such a good thing to tell a 4 year old. BUT, knowing that they do have birth moms and that they will be betting a "second" mom is something I have longed for the children to understand.
And out of the mouth of the littlest one at Casa Alba it came.
From the breakfast smelling kiss to this statement from Cerasela...my week was definitely made!
God is so good!