We Feel Life… As The Seeds Of Hope Are Planted…

After seeing that baby 749 is no longer available to the world, Christopher and I turn our attention to the pictures we were sent by Orson. We gaze at each picture of her, just like families peering through the window to the newborn nursery seeing their newest family member for the first time. We are falling in love. Her face is round and pale with sad blue eyes, and we begin to plan how we are going to make her smile.
She is tiny in her crib and we notice her clothes are inside out. She obviously has no diaper on.
We wonder about her life so far. Is she held and loved and kissed? Is she told how special she is? Does she go to sleep in comfort, dry and warm and satisfied? We review her medical card again. Its information is so foreign to our way of thinking. Her mother, just 23 years of age, abandoned her precious baby after 5 months. Police act of bringing the abandoned child. Snippets of information as to who our child is and from where she came. We have so many questions, but only one answer. Yes we love her!
And so the new waiting begins.
When Chris gets home from work a few hours after our Fed Ex meeting he joins us at the computer and looks at her pictures. This adoption for him, has begun and with probably many of the same emotions his parents had in preparation to receive him as their son so many years ago. A unique bond that he will share with his daughter is forming. We are all in awe of the events of the day. Each of us in our own way commits to this innocent baby girl. Our hearts have all accepted her as ours. We continue to talk about her through dinner and bedtime. We know every day from this day forward she will be part of our lives. A daughter and a sister have been born into our family.