Saturday, November 1, 2008

First letter to Abeni



I have decided at every major adoption milestone I will write a letter to Abeni, so when she is older and wonders she can know just how loved she was before she was ever born. 


Abeni,

     Today we mailed in the Formal application to adopt you. But did you know..... before Daddy and I even got married we talked about adopting you. Did you know..... even though we weren't the first people to hold you we held you in our hearts for years before we held you in our arms. Did you know...... Miles and Isaac waited for you too. Miles often tells me "we are missing our stister Abeni." He also shared his fruit snacks with you before you were born. Did you know...... we thought about you planned for you and worried about you for years before we finally held you. So today as we officially begin our journey to you I wanted you to know that we love you little girl. We are waiting anxiously to see your face to hold your hand to learn about the person you are and watch you grow into the woman you will be.

Love Mom

2 comments:

ROBYN -N- KEVIN said...

that letter is so swee... i teared up a little reading it.

Anonymous said...

You forgot that she has aunts and uncles and grandparents and cousins waiting in excitement too... and I cried also, that is beautiful big sister.