Up we go...

Thanks friends, for the encouraging words. Chanda, praying with you for BIG movement very soon!! I know that after all of this time you've got to be feeling what I do, times 10 (or 100).

I'm feeling better today. Merrily (my boss/AAI director) can be such a calming influence. She's been doing this for 30 years and not much throws her for a loop anymore. She feels strongly that this embassy stuff is going to be ironed out.

I broke down and watched all of my videos of Kendi last night. [BTW, I am still really struggling to refer to her as Kendi rather than Mabel!] It was good to see her and hear her voice. Like I said yesterday, my heart is fighting that right now. But in the end it was good. It reminds me who we are doing all of this for. Seeing her doesn't allow her to become some child out there in the yonder. I know her. I know my love for her is real. And she is worth this tiny amount of stress, and all of the months of stress to come!