As Summer Faded Away

As summer faded away, my PAD (post adoption depression) was coming to a head. We had been home for almost 9 weeks. What was happening to me? Did I make the biggest mistake in my life ever? But I thought this was a red thread connection...what happened to destiny? What happened to Gods will and understanding that I was to mother an orphan? What did I do to my family? I questioned myself over and over. But I kept plugging along, praying that time would heal all. As fall came and went like a fury and a blur, Jade was continuing to do well and adapting into the family. I was teaching her sign language and she was understanding English a little more, and starting to pick up a few words here and there. We were starting to communicate on some level of understanding each other. We were establishing a routine that helped tremendously. She started attending daycare a few days a week and going to Tumble Bears which she now refers to as "march..march". And, as time will have it,it continued to move on...