One Year Ago Today

February 5, Emerson's birthday.  I've spent all week thinking about her birth mom. What she went through that day and how we are forever tied together in a unique and special way.  Among the community of parents who have adopted from China, there is a lot of conversation about birth mom searches.  It's all way too much for me.  For now,  we know that a beautiful baby girl was born on February 5, 2010. Her mommy was unable to care for her and placed her carefully in a busy place in front of the Guangdong Rural Credit Union, where she knew that she would be picked up quickly and chauffeured to a better life. We are the lucky parents with that charter and will do everything we can to ensure that all of her birth mom's dreams for her are realized with opportunities and love love love...