May 2000 (Part 4)

               Well, eventually, despite Mommy's worries, everything went fine, the dossier was complete and Mommy found my file... *sigh* (of relief!)

                Ludmilla told Mommy that she could visit me at the orphanage of Cherepanova and Vladimir and Olga drove her there immediately...

                          It is on the afternoon of May 25th that Mommy came to see me for the first time...

                I was particularly pretty, that day, because the caregivers had dressed me with my most beautiful dress... It is the turquoise dress that the baby girls wear when they meet their Mommies for the first time... For the second time as well, I must say...

                Mommy was a bit nervous... I was not too nervous, myself, but I must say that I was still thinking that all this fuss was about extra issues of kacha... And, I was a bit tired too, because I had a bout of bronchitis...

               OK, so they brought me in Dr Piagaï's office and they put me in Mommy's arms, this is at this moment that I finally understood that this was not a matter of kacha but that this lady who was talking funny, was this famous Mommy about whom all the other children were constantly talking...

               All of a sudden everything became clear , a Mommy is a tired lady, who holds you funny and who doesn't speak like everyone else...

                 After that, I played a little bit with Mommy and I was a very good girl, I didn't cry and I smiled a lot because eveybody seemed to think I had to be on my best behaviour and after all, Mommy had made a long journey to see me and also, to become a Parisian appealed to me a lot....

                 Then, a caregiver came to give me a little snack and Mommy left... But before that, I heard that Mommy was asked if she still wanted to adopt me and she said 'yes, yes, yes' but noone ever asked ME anything...