Happy Mother's Day!

On January 13, we received a special gift. The referral of our son, Aidan. Today, we received another gift. This morning, when I opened our email, there was a short one sentence email from the SWI. It said: Wishing you a very special Mother's Day!

I was dumbfounded. I knew that I would talk to Jacqui today, as it is her first mother's day as well. I also knew I would talk to Kim and Tracey at some point today too, they know what "this" is like. I received my first mother's day card this year... from Tracey... which meant more than you can imagine. But, never did I expect Ms. Tang to think of me and send a message. Most don't realize that even though our children are not with us yet, we already worry about them and miss them.

We also think of Aidan's other family, who must miss him today. Today we especially think of his mom, in China. I wonder how she feels not having him there with her to celebrate. While we will most likely never get a chance to meet her, our son will always know of her and the precious gift she gave us. While he is our son, he will always be her baby.

To all the moms out there, one's whose children are grown, who have children at home, and especially to those currently waiting for their precious little ones: Happy Mother's Day. And especially to my Gram and my mom, I love you both so much and want to thank you for everything you have done and you do. I can't wait to be Aidan's Momma and hope that I can be even 1/10 as wonderful as you both were to me!