Request

Mother's Day is coming up (May9th in case any of you need to pick up a last minute card!), and I've got really mixed emotions. Excitement --- because this will be my first mother's day, and complete heartbreak -- because this may be our child's birth mother's last mother's day. Honestly....not an easy thing to think about, but I find myself thinking about her a lot. I don't know who she is or where she is.....but she's most likely already given birth to our child and she's either very sick, very hungry, very scared, or (probably) all of the above. As consumed as my thoughts are about the child we're about to have and how impatient I am to have him or her home with us, I am constantly reminded that there's another mom, half-way around the world, who will forever be a part of our family's story. I want to ask all of you who read this to pray for her. Pray for her health. Pray for her strength. Pray that she knows how much she is loved. Pray that she has peace. And, please, ask God to bless her for the sacrifice that she's about to make.