Monday, February 04, 2008

Parallel Journeys

If you know me well, you will know that I am constantly thinking steps ahead of things. So this might not come as a surprise to some of you. Why not one, when we could have two?

Our dream of having little Teia home gets closer every day, but it will be a long journey yet. And what little girl wouldn't love a sibling? (Actually, no one asked me that before my brother came on the scene, but I Iove him like crazy...now!) Yup, we are going to try to make that happen. How? Well...we are putting our hearts out there in the land of domestic adoption in the hopes that a birthmother might find it in her heart to share the most amazing gift anyone could ever give to us. A child.

Now, there are no guarantees going this route. Essentially we are waiting for someone to pick us. To trust that we will do right by their child. We could be waiting for years for this to happen. But the flip side is that it could happen at any moment. Darren teases me that we will get the phone call on the same day as Ironman Canada. I say, bring it!

So we spent this weekend going through all our photos, trying to narrow down the selection to represent us, our lives, our families and friends. Not an easy task when you have to keep it to two pages. And we have been working on our "Dear Birthmother" letter. THAT, is the most important resume that I will ever write! There is so much that we want to say, but it can only be one page in length. And we want to make sure that it is received as honest and sincere. I guess if I had tears streaming down my face while trying to put thoughts into words makes it pretty sincere.

And here we are. Another journey. Another new adventure. How freakin' exciting is that? Our little Teia, our precious one waiting for us. She may come home to meet her sibling. Or she may be the older one, the one that will have the responsibility of picking on her brother or sister!

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