[MarlaG]

Hi Everyone,
I haven't been on lately because I brought my peanut home last Tuesday! He is such a joy. I plan on writing more on the trip at a later time, however, I am searching for adoption announcements and came across a few lovely thoughts that I would like to share, especially for those still waiting:

Natural Child: A child that is not artificial.
Real Parent: A parent that is not imaginary.
Your Own Child: A child that is not someone else's.
Adopted Child: A natural child, with a real parent, who is all my own.
By: Rita Laws PHd.

As you lay sleeping far away as still as can be,
How could you know the joy this photo brings to me?,
A few short weeks, you'll be mine and "I" will soon be "we",
How could you know the love I feel? It's something you can't see,
So have sweet dreams, my precious babe. Sleep well and tenderly,
Some say that you're the lucky one. How could you know it's me?
By: Kris Laughlin

Hope you enjoy.
Marla

[Mindybeth6]

Awww...how sweet! Thanks!

Hugs

[Mandy4President]

I love this, Marla, it's great!

[4abrightfuture3]

That is really sweet. Thanks for sharing it with us. I cant wait to hear the pick up and at home stories with pictures

[pjgodwin]

The poem made me cry.. knowing what joy each picture brought to us from so far away...

Thanks again.

PJ

[Mamma]

Such touching thoughts, Marla! Something I'll print and keep in Olivia's special book. Thanks for sharing.

[Tinkrbel]

Thanks Marla.
Enjoy your baby, as I know you are!


Stacey

[Larue]

Here's another one that I found in an adoption book titled "Born Within Our Hearts".

Not flesh of my flesh
nor bone of my bone
yet still miraculously my own

Never forget for a single minute
that you won't born under my heart
but within it

-- anonymous --

[coachmom]

Welcome Home Forever! Wheres the pics already??!!!
Doretta