[SingleMama2B]

Good Morning Mike... I have read alot of your postings over time, and find your writting and knowledge very good.

For myself, I have NEVER been happier in my life! I always wanted to be a mom, but I did truly think it would be with my Prince, the house with a picket fence, blah, blah, blah. My path has had many twists and turns, and NOW I understand WHY!!!! It was all leading me to finding my Darling Daughter... I never thought that I would find my child in Russia, but I did!!! I knew that she would be older, and of course all of the things that could come with her. I went into it all pretty much blindly, and full force. This of course worried my family and friends. At the age of 42, single and a career... all of the "What If's" where thrown at me constantly. I am a very black and white person, and abit conservative, so when I ran, not jumped, but ran into this, they thought I had lost my mind! I knew deep, deep, deep down, that this is what I wanted (needed) to do. My DD came home 2 years ago at the age of 8.3 years old. In the Federation System for over 5 years. She was severely mal-nourished (34 lbs!!), and after 11 months home, found out that she has FASE, Microcephaly, and mild ADHD! Was this my dream of my youth.... NOPE, but this is now my dream and my path that I happily skip down EACH DAY!!!

My DD is my sunshine every day.... she tries soooo very hard, and has proven soooo many of the specialists wrong. I have never been to sooooo many specialists, therapists, etc. before, but it is what we do. Her future is sooooo bright now, and to think, what her future would have been, I just know that I was lead right to her!!!

Our children are very special, and I know that we are ALL better people for having them in our lives!!!