Going through post-adoption paperwork today and while making copies, I was wishing we had Annika's birth weight and measurements when she was found about 2 days old. I was feeling down that we didn't have that until I went back through her medical reports and FOUND her measurements!
My precious daughter was born 11/25/2008,
Found on 11/27/2008
19.29 inches
6 lbs 9.82 ozs
Found on 11/27/2008
19.29 inches
6 lbs 9.82 ozs
And then my thoughts turned to her birth mom.....
Though we don't know the exact time or even for sure if her birthday was in fact 11/25, we do know that SOMEONE held on to her for 1-2 days. Surely it was her birth mom, maybe even her birth dad....Such a short time.... yet, I imagine she/they held on to her daughter and at LEAST for a brief second, loved her with all her being. I hope she did. And I hope that as she lay her daughter down at the entrance to the orphanage at whatever time of day it was, that she said a silent prayer for her baby. We will never know. It could have been total opposite...she could have been relieved to be rid of her, I don't know. I'm glad I don't know, because I can choose to think the birth mom laid her daughter at that entrance out of love for her. No matter her reasons or feelings, I am so thankful she did. Annika is the missing piece to our family that we never knew we were missing. She's my daughter, my treasure, and I love her with all of my being... and I'm so glad she's mine.
Though we don't know the exact time or even for sure if her birthday was in fact 11/25, we do know that SOMEONE held on to her for 1-2 days. Surely it was her birth mom, maybe even her birth dad....Such a short time.... yet, I imagine she/they held on to her daughter and at LEAST for a brief second, loved her with all her being. I hope she did. And I hope that as she lay her daughter down at the entrance to the orphanage at whatever time of day it was, that she said a silent prayer for her baby. We will never know. It could have been total opposite...she could have been relieved to be rid of her, I don't know. I'm glad I don't know, because I can choose to think the birth mom laid her daughter at that entrance out of love for her. No matter her reasons or feelings, I am so thankful she did. Annika is the missing piece to our family that we never knew we were missing. She's my daughter, my treasure, and I love her with all of my being... and I'm so glad she's mine.
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