A year ago today

My heart grew the size of a teeny tiny 15 month old baby exactly a year ago today. A baby that was born half a world away, to a mother I will most likely never meet. A baby I knew was mine because God told me she was. I knew I would love her because I knew she was my daughter. I didn't know, though, if I would connect with her right away. I didn't know if my heart would feel joy or sorrow, peace or uncertainty. Would she be scared? Would she let me hold her? Would she know she was mine? This baby I prayed for for so long? Trey and I nervously sat on the couch with each other, listening to a conversation in Ukrainian, hoping they were saying good things........

Then this happened.

All fears erased. Every doubt destroyed. All that remained was love.