I’m sitting here crying at the children asking “momma?”. Ugh and *whew*. I know that will be hard. I don’t know how much time you’re allowed at the orphanage, but it would be so nice to be able to stay awhile, hugging, cuddling, and touching the children. It sounds like what they desperately need.

I have heard people speak of the child in the Gotcha Day photos and video. That, after months of being parents, looking back at the videos and pictures is hard. Knowing their child, they now see the fear and the pain and the total shutdown, even though it was undetectable then. You now know your Sunita, so the personality and demeanor that first day was not her normal, fully blossomed self.

I have birthed three children, and I can affirm that adoption is every bit as much of a miracle and that God does knit hearts together in the same fashion. We haven’t even picked up Dorothy yet, but I can tell you that I have a maternal drive to do everything in my power to get her home quickly. We nearly last week drove 13 hours one way to get paperwork accomplished (until another adoption miracle happened). We never thought twice about the cost or sacrifice involved- “she’s our daughter; she has to get home”.

Thank you for sharing with us. It has meant the world.

Tisra

PS. I asked some other adoptive parents if they had old pictures from the orphanage, and got sent a few group shots (none that I could pick our daughter out in) and there is one with Sunita crawling. I’ll have to send it to you.