Last September marked the beginning of a wonderful whirlwind!
This month will begin Sophie's 1 year anniversaries (starting the 28th when we first saw her face). Today is not an anniversary but a milestone, one I've been extremely excited about.
This month will begin Sophie's 1 year anniversaries (starting the 28th when we first saw her face). Today is not an anniversary but a milestone, one I've been extremely excited about.
Today Sophie has been with our family longer then she was without.
Today is about more.
More hugs. More kisses. More nights going to sleep in a soft, warm bed. More mornings waking up to mommy and daddy. More books read. More toys to play with. More laughs. More tickles. More family. More LOVE.
I am neither foolish, nor naive. I know that the (actually just shy of) 10 months in an orphanage cannot be erased. I know that those 10 months will forever effect who my daughter is. That for better or worse those months are the foundation on which this family was built. I can't erase my daughters first 10 months, they are a part of who she is, but I believe in a God who turns mourning into gladness and makes beauty from ashes (Isaiah 61:3)
More hugs. More kisses. More nights going to sleep in a soft, warm bed. More mornings waking up to mommy and daddy. More books read. More toys to play with. More laughs. More tickles. More family. More LOVE.
I am neither foolish, nor naive. I know that the (actually just shy of) 10 months in an orphanage cannot be erased. I know that those 10 months will forever effect who my daughter is. That for better or worse those months are the foundation on which this family was built. I can't erase my daughters first 10 months, they are a part of who she is, but I believe in a God who turns mourning into gladness and makes beauty from ashes (Isaiah 61:3)
I don't regret the time Sophie was apart from us. Of course if I could have held her in my arms the moment she was born I would have been over the moon, but that's not how our story goes. And I love our story!
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