How can I wrap up all of my hopes and dreams, all of my worries and fears, all of the roads that have led our family to yours, in a single note? The short answer is, I can't. I can't do it any more than you can readily know that you are making the right choice in our family by reading the little bit of information on the pages you're provided by the agency. I can try to tell you that there is more than just a baby in this adoption for us. There is an opportunity that I didn't know existed before we began this process. Each day I think of you, wondering what your struggles are, wondering if you are okay. I hold your heart, this woman I don't yet know, close to my own. I send up my prayers for your well-being, for your health, for your peace. And know this: I do these things not only because I think I will get the child that you carry, but because you deserve it. I can share with you that I know, as a mother, that the decision you are making is not your fir
You need a white noise machine. Well, maybe not with one more...
ReplyDeleteDon't tell anyone I said so, but there's always room for one more.
ReplyDeleteI smiled with you when I read this.
ReplyDeleteLovely.
Awe. :)
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