On Love
Last week on Tuesday, I went to work. The day was normal, some parts good, some parts harder. It might have been rainy or sunny, warm or cold. A regular day. Until... We got, as they say in the adoption world, THE CALL. A mother read our profile and wanted to meet us the next day. I frantically scribbled down details about the birth mother, her situation, where we would meet. I texted The Mister and told him we had a meeting the next day. I went back to work. Just like that, after 10 months of silence, we had a meeting. As it turns out, she cancelled that first meeting. It didn't worry me; I could only image being in her shoes and trying to work up the courage for this meeting. Hell, it was hard for US to work up the courage. But we rescheduled for just a couple of days later. And then, there she was. The woman who will change our lives forever. She came to the table with a plate spilling over with burdens. She smiled sweetly and shared openly and captured our