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A new day has come and gone in our daughter's life and she has made great strides in such a short time. We have been videoconferencing and the changes are apparant. Yesterday she looked overwhelmed and tired, quiet -- sad. Today she looked inquisitive, many shy smiles, and pride. She showed me using her Doodle-Pad how she can write the alphabet. So I took our magnetic board and began putting the alphabet up one letter at a time in camera's view while she began calling them out to me. It was a small first moment shared between mother and daughter. Her little brother was beyond excited to see and hear his Daddy, sister, Heidi and Sarah and helped gather the dogs so she could see them too.

I learned that today included a lot of breakthroughs in bonding between father and daughter as she was seen to be hugging, snuggling, holding hands and talking to her Daddy; laughing with and making faces with them all. They toured the many beautiful temples of the area and did some shopping.