John captures my joy at Lucy's coming out of the orphanage.

Lucy's First Bath! It is difficult to explain the need a mother has to keep her kids clean! It felt so good for me to scrub Lucy's hair, clean her little hands, and wash her face. I think she liked it too, with her sweet coos and giggles. The smell of baby shampoo and lavendar lotion conjurs all my deepest mothering insticts. What a darling baby!

Look Bryn! Look Madi! Lucy is wearing her bracelet.

Before I left for Vietnam I asked a neighbor to create matching bracelets for all the Graham girls. I promised my girls left behind that I would wear my bracelet every day to remember them, and that as soon as I could I would give Lucy hers. After a bath, a scabbies treatment and a good night's sleep, the time had come. So, Lucy is now initiated into the Graham sisterhood.