When Faith and I were visiting my sister and her family during the week before Christmas, we were able to go to the Pink Pig. The Pink Pig is an Atlanta Christmas tradition. It began in 1953 as a monorail ride that circled above(!) the Rich's toy department and later it was taken outside so that kids could ride around the big Christmas tree on Rich's roof(!). After being retired for years, it was refurbished by the Junior League and became a more sedate train ride under a tent in the Macy's parking lot at Lenox Mall. The pig-like train winds around a storybook set while a pig character with a broad southern accent narrates a tale that is entirely beside the point. It is fun, fun, fun for kids of all ages. The only problem is that while the ride itself lasts about 3 minutes, the line for the ride lasts somewhere around 90 during peak travel time, which is certainly when we found ourselves there.
After waiting in line for tickets, you wait in line for the line for the ride itself. I did not mistype that. There is a big line outside the tent, and a small line inside the tent where the ride is located. Because they move only about 30 folks into the tent at once then wait until that line empties to call in the next group, the big line moves very slowly.
Faith loved every minute of it. While we were in line, she made friends and played with other kids and the toys their thoughtful parents brought for them to play with. (I had brought nothing.) It was so funny to see her join this group and then that, laughing and talking to whoever was willing. Finally we were near the front of the line. They called the last big group before us up to enter the tent, and as the attendant set the rope behind that group several people at the very front groaned in disappointment since they were going to have to wait at least twenty more minutes to get to the ride itself.
At the same time, Faith yelled out "Yaay! We're even closer!"
I'm trying to keep Faith's pink pig perspective as we enter 2009 and begin our ninth month of waiting to be matched with a son. I'm officially resolving to make the most of our time waiting and celebrate the fact that every day we are even closer!
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Leslie, I needed to hear that this morning. I'm pushing 24 hours of awakeness and have spent most of that time working on or thinking about this huge packet of various forms that we are to fill out, answer, notorize some, mail some, take some to the doctor etc for our homestudy!
We continue to pray for your family!
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