More on the Matthew Miracle

I really feel that our family is complete again, now that Matthew has come home. I have to say, Ida treated her loss with real sorrow, but no histrionics. We called all the lost and founds and airlines, harassed people, emailed Matthew's photo to many people, and we told Ida that we really hoped Matthew would return, but that she might truly be lost.

Over the ensuing days, Ida would occasionally sigh and say, "Oh, Matthew." Or say, "I used to have a doll named Matthew, but she's not here right now so Teddy Bear can wear her shirt." "Look, Pookie can wear Matthew's diaper that Matthew can't wear because she got lost in the airport. Oh, Matthew." It was really kind of heartbreaking, so we told Ida that we had hopes that they would find her, but if they did they might also fix her up some--give her some new hair and clothes, fix her arms and legs that were about to fall off, etc--so she might look a little...different. So she began talking about this potential transformation, too. And then this box came in the mail!



How exciting! What a heartrending reunion! Ida just hugged her and hugged her. Another thing that Ida had said, in predicting Matthew's return, was that there would be an envelope in the box for Ida, and it would say, "Ida, here you go." Lo and behold, she was right!



For the rest of the afternoon, Ida occasionally would just start leaping up in uncontrollable joy.

Now Matthew is fully incorporated in the family again, and we hope to never lose her again.



Miki's new doll arrived, too. So far it's called "Oh baby."