Emily asked if she’s having some water. Yes. Emily asked how her week had been. Good.
Ambria told her she went to school today to get her math packet. Emily asked if she had to walk there. Yes. Emily asked if she had the test yesterday. Yes, she thinks she did well. Emily asked if there were any questions that stumped her. No.
Emily asked about her French pen pal. They turned in their letters today and are about to start corresponding. Emily asked if it was hand-written. No, they typed. Emily asked how they type the accents. Ambria used an app that lets you copy/paste accented characters.
Emily lost connection to the call for a few seconds. Ambria asked the last thing she had heard. Emily didn’t respond. Ambria asked if Emily could hear her now. No response. Emily froze on the screen. The call dropped.
Ambria called her back on Skype. She answered almost immediately. Emily said she doesn’t know what happened. Emily told her where she had lost the audio.
Emily asked what she uses to do her drawings. Paper. Emily asked if she uses a computer or tablet. No. Emily asked if she’s interested in doing that. Ambria thought about it. Her computer is the school computer. It isn’t very good. She doesn’t have a tablet, so she will stick with paper. Emily said she looked at Procreate, but that would require a tablet.
Emily told her they moved from their apartment to a house. She is going to email her address. Ambria said she got a letter from her great aunt and uncle recently and was surprised to learn from them that Emily had moved. She also learned from them that Reda had been moved to a different facility and was surprised. Emily told a bit about it. She said they have her doing therapy and she seems happier. Ambria asked when she moved there. Emily said, “A month ago? Two weeks ago? Not too long.” Ambria asked who helped her move. The new place helped. Emily said she’s “borrowing some stuff right now.” She said it’s a trial right now. Emily said she won’t be going home for the foreseeable future, maybe forever, since she can’t “cook or anything.” She’s afraid Reda would try to cook.
Ambria asked if it was more “homey.” Emily said it is. She has her own room and two bathrooms. She said she still has a lot of assistance like the other place, but they’re not “as understaffed as the other place.” She can socialize more too. She has had both of her COVID vaccines.
Emily told her that we are trying to adopt her again. Emily asked if that’s something Ambria wants to let happen and terminate her parental rights. Ambria said “let it happen.” Emily said, “You want me to?” Ambria said, “Uh huh.” Emily asked why. Ambria said she thinks it would “make it easier for everyone.” Emily asked if she knows what it would mean. Yes. Emily said that’s what she would do. Ambria thanked her.
Emily said she loves her. She said she didn’t know how much she will get to contact her.
Ambria said she should go. Emily said OK. They ended the call at March 3, 2021 3:24 PM.
I asked Ambria how she felt about it. Ambria said Emily thinks she will not be able to talk to her again after this.