Hmmm...there are so many deep thoughts that continually run through my head as we go through the adoption process.
Much like when we were expecting M and T my mind was pretty much always preoccupied with their anticipated arrival and all that comes with that. Both M and T were so desired and they came into our family relatively quickly. The new member of our family has been in my heart for just as long as they have been.
I remember a precious moment when M was maybe 10-months-old. She was all snuggled up in a towel after a bath and I marveled at how cool it was that I got to watch her grow. I knew her from before she came screaming into our lives--and I had the awesome privilege of being able to stay at home with her each day--to be a part of almost every moment of her early life.
And even then, my heart was with a future part of our family who would come from far away. As I watched M that day I also thought that it was such a blessing that my little daughter could show me what it looked like to be a baby--from a bumpy lump in my belly to a tenacious toddler--I was getting to see through her what I would miss in the life of the little person who I couldn't wait to be a part of our family.
They say that when your child is born it is like a little piece of your heart walking around outside of your body. I can not wait to meet that part of my heart that has been with me for so long.
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