The Meeting

“Jamison, are you happy to be meeting your mommy today?” one of his teachers asked.

“Yeah! I’m happy!” I imagine he jumped furiously up and down while he said it.

This boy bursts with energy like no one I know. He touches everything, trying to be aware of his surroundings. Using his hands and his ears (and to a very small extent his eyes) he devours information. At the airport while he and Jewel and Sara were waiting to meet us, one of the staff members, he picked up the phrase “Nice to see you." And he’s not shy about using his English. We heard before we saw him: “I love you Mamma!” at the top of his lungs.

“Are you happy?” his teacher asked.

“Yeah! I’m happy!”

“Are you too happy?” his teacher asked.

“Yeah! I’m three happy, four happy, thirty happy!”