Remembering The Past

During our trip to the Philippines to bring Lucas and Eli home we were pleased to have their orphanage and the foster agency give us the only pictures they have from their lives both in Zamboanga City and Manila.  The first month we were home Lucas would quietly look at the photos but did not want to ask questions or talk about them.  He said they made him sad.  Eli....didn't want anything to do with looking at them.  Each of them finding their own ways to deal with the past.

Over the past 4 years the albums and documents were stored until today, being brought out occasionally and then put away.  Over the last month both Lucas and Eli have asked to see the "youngest" picture we have of them.  So in midst of the house cleaning we dug out the photo albums and paperwork.

Needless to say housework came to a complete stop and they dove into those memories and a whole lot of questions started pouring out and even more information about their lives prior to coming into our family.  Lucas has often been able to fill in blank areas of our knowledge but this time Eli added his perspective.  It was remarkable to watch them as they looked back. 

Rediscovering their memories together.

 Eli's comments..."Huh.  I remember this, Hey Lucas what was this place?"

"See dad, let me tell you about this."