ornaments & more

So it's Christmastime and Eme Grace is finally home....

We have added several ornaments to the tree this year that have a special meaning. Actually, a few are from years past, starting with the pink shoe from Grams & Gramps in 2005.

It was a bit more emotional for me to add these ornaments to our tree knowing the agony of the wait part is over. Eme is home and our family is complete. She is the girl that we dreamed about and waited for since 1995. How blessed we feel this Christmas & how exciting it was for her to be right under my toes as I pulled all of our precious ornaments out of their boxes and hung them with love on our tree.
Eme is a busy girl. BUSY. Busy beyond what I've ever seen in a child and she's never been into books much, I guess they are just to slow of a pace for her. But lately, she's allowing me to finish a whole story before she's off and running. I tell her to go pick a book and she has come back with "Motherbridge of L0ve" more than any other book.
Not gonna lie, I got all choked up reading it to her. It's the line about seeing her smile
for the first time that gets me every time.

"Motherbridge of L0ve"

Once there were 2 women

who never knew each other.

One you do not know,

the other you call Mother.

Two different lives shaped to make you one,

One became your guiding star,

the other became you sun.

The first one gave you life,

the second taught you to live it.

The first one gave you a need for love,

the second was there to give it.

One gave you a body,

the other taught you games.

One gave you a talent.

The other taught you aims.

One gave you emotions,

the other calmed your fears.

One saw your first sweet smile,

the other dried your tears.

One found a home for you

that she could not provide.

The other prayed for a child,

her hope was not denied.

And now you ask, of course you do,

the questions others ask me too;

This place or your birth place-

which are you a daughter of?

Both of them my darling-

and two different kinds of love.