| It may seem like a simple text and something that could be easily looked over, but of course I broke down. To hear her call me “mommy”—outside of Genevieve, I don’t think I could love hearing anyone else in this world call me that name.
We talked that morning, and she said she was really nervous. She was scared as to how she might feel. Josh and I had been praying for a great visit. For Genevieve, for her birth mom, and for us.
Well, as usual, God went above and beyond.
It was SO GOOD to see her! We cried and embraced and then tried to give her as much time with Genevieve as we could.
I was scared of how I would feel. But ALL I felt was love. I didn’t know if I would feel possessive, or uncomfortable. But all I knew and felt was love.
God’s love is so tangible in the most unexpected places.
I can’t begin to describe how much I love that woman. I am tearing up just writing about her. Her strength and courage amazes me.
We laughed a ton, as usual. She’s hilarious. We cried. We talked all about Genevieve and her many milestones.
The birth mom kept calling us mommy and daddy and just kept saying that she made the best decision in choosing us for her parents.
The miracle of the day where she changed her mind continues to just get bigger and bigger the more we learn. She kept reiterating that day about how she had never felt something like that before and has had complete peace about her decision ever since.
A few things I have worried about is “Was it an emotional decision?” “Was is really God?” “Will she regret choosing us?”
And those worries get blown out of the water every time. She said she still reads the book I gave her and the necklace–that meant so much to me.
She was so respectful of us and deferred to us on everything, as her parents. It truly is the most beautiful thing I have ever been a part of. Such a picture of:
Redemption
Unconditional Love
Selflessness
Respect
Transparency
Vulnerability
We left with lots of hugs. No tears, and we all said “See you soon.” We are not sure when we’ll see each other again, as it is a 12 hour drive, but our hope is to visit as often as we can.
There is a woman states away that has given us the greatest gift this side of Jesus. I pray for her every day and look up to her and all the other birth mothers out there that have made one of the most selfless decisions you could ever make.
A really cool part of our visit was when a nurse overheard us talking to the other nurses. We had never met that specific nurse before. She came up to us and said that she was a birth mother 20 plus years ago, and she just met her adult birth daughter. She walked over, showed us a picture of them together and just validated everything we were doing. Thank you Lord for those little reminders.
We love G’s birth mother.
We love adoption.
We love that God loves adoption.
We love that he is the founder of adoption.
We love that we are ALL God’s children.
Thankful for a relationship and a great visit with the woman who helped make us parents,
Aly |
