But last summer, she made a wish on a star or candle or wish bone or clover or something. A few days later, I asked her what she had wished for and she said "a horse of my own."
About 8 months later, she said "I wish I never said out loud that I wished for a horse [last summer]. Now that wish will never come true."
So as we planned her Match Day fun, we offered to get her an hour-trail ride like we did the past 2 summers. She demurred, saying she would rather spend the day with her bestie "A." They went to a local jump-castle warehouse, went swimming, pelted each other with water balloons, shared lunch and dinner, and had a wonderful day. Larry tried to explain to "A" what a match day was and Abigail was embarrassed, telling us later that she doesn't want her friends to know she used to live in an orphanage. It opened the door for new dialogue about her past.
She is growing up so fast. I love her more every day. She is clever, funny, intelligent, loving, and more empathetic than her years would suggest her be capable of doing.
Photo Captions, top to bottom:
1.) Abigail with her match photo
2.) Joseph quickly jumped into the photo session, not wanting to be left out of anything that involves his best friend, role model, and center of his universe
3.) Abigail and "A", drinking juice, making gators, and singing out loud to Katy, Miley, and a dozen others I never heard of, yet they both knew by heart!
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