(photo taken: May 29, 2000)In the adoption world the day that you finally meet your child is often referred to as "Gotcha Day". It's a day that comes after piles and piles of paperwork, after home study visits by a social worker, after loads and loads of money, after riding the emotional roller coaster of a lifetime, and for us...after a trip to another continent.
Today marks the seventh anniversary of that day that we now call "LO Day". The photo above was taken the very first time I ever held LO in my arms. I can't imagine a greater gift in life than the gift of my little girl. G-d has truly blessed us.
9 comments:
Wow. Keep enjoying your beautiful daughter and mazel tov on the momentous milestone!
Mazal Tov and may you celebrate many more such days.
Happy Lo Day. She has turned into a beautiful, sweet young lady. D and I are proud to call her our friend....you too Ma Lo!
Your Friends
D and E
I am actually reading a book right now about adoption and foster parenting, and they talk about the same concept, the many hours of paperwork, and then finally, suddenly, a human being.
Mazal tov, and make sure to say shehecheyanu!
What a wonderful anniversary. I'm so glad that you get to hold your child. Hold on to her as long as you let her.
Happy Gotcha Day! What a beautiful picture of you two. Mazel Tov!
Happy )Belated) LO day! Cheers & Good Luck! 'VJ'
Thanks everyone. We had a lovely "LO Day" complete with an ice cream cake at the end!
One of my friends has two daughters from China. She says that the twenty-four hours after she took custody of her older girl was the most magical and horrible time she's ever spent. The baby wouldn't stop sobbing, after a while she couldn't stop sobbing, and they were in a hotel with no air conditioning, in the heat of a summer in southern China.
And all worth it, of course, a million times over!
My late mazal tov to you and LO!
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