[jrainbow]

This is the first adoption story I have seen here. It was great. Thank you for sharing, Sniffles.

I loved my adoption story too. Mom and Dad were on their way to a formal dinner/dance that Mom had helped decorate for all day. As they were on the way out the door - dressed to the nines - the phone rang. Daddy wanted to let it ring but Mom couldn't do it so she answered. And 10 min later, they were on their way from Ok to Kansas City - still formally dressed - so they could be at the unwed mothers home at 8:00 the next morning to pick me up. They drove until very early that morning but Mom said it didn't matter - they couldn't have slept anyway.

Before I met bmom, I searched and searched for my baby book - one too many moves. Bmom told me it was fine, don't worry about it but I absolutely had to find it. To show her how much I meant to my Mom and Dad. Mom wrote 2 page letters each month with a dozen pictures for 11 months to adoption agency before I was permanently adopted. What can you say about a 2month old baby? You can say how much you love her and how much she means to you. Mom wrote everything I did, every word I said, every sniffle I had, every present I got, every tooth that came in for 2 years until my little sister was adopted.

They also told me that my bmom loved me enough to give me to people who were in the right place to raise me, loved me enough to give me to people who would love me. They always spoke kindly about my bparents and how grateful they were that God meant for me to be their child.

I truly believed that it all worked out exactly as it was supposed to - my afamily was meant to be my family and bparents were meant to do all that they were able to do because they weren't parents at 17.

Good luck to all
Jill