Mei-Ling today

Wee Miss Mei-Ling drank most of her bottle for Melanie today. I love watching Melanie interact with her tiny daughter. The love she feels for this baby is so tangible, so tender, so filled with compassion.
It will be a few more days until Mei-Ling comes home, they just want to make sure everything goes well without the feeding tube etc. As much as everyone wants the baby home, we appreciate caution.
Melanie and I had a chance to go to the Spiral Diner for lunch, its our favorite restaurant in Ft Worth. Vegan and so good. Melanie is staying away from chemicals in food and trying to eat mostly organic.
It was nice for us to just sit together and enjoy what seemed like the first normal moment in time for a long time.
Melanie's incision is healing but still needing to be packed. What a hard thing to have done and to do. Casi is remarkable. He does this packing with such love and care.
The air is a bit cooler tonight, a slight breeze blowing in the window, stirring the curtains ever so lightly. The breeze brushing across my arm as I type. The sky, dark, but not black, there is rain on the way again. More storms arriving tonight. Bad storms are like some endless ritual this spring. If I was from some ancient civilization I would think the gods were angry. I am grateful to be living in modern times.
It will be an early night for me. I need a long sound sleep.
Prayers on my lips for Melanie's returned health and for Mei-Ling to come home soon. She is gaining weight well now and just sooo cute. I even got to change two diapers today.

Mei-Ling with no feeding tube !