Today is a wonderful yet a very tough day as we think back to the feelings we had 7 years ago. It is my wish that all children in this world are in a place where they can feel the love of all of the adults around them.
Great parents make tough decisions every day. I honor my daughter who made one of the toughest decisions of her life when she brought this precious soul into the world and then placed her in the hands of wonderful, loving parents.
My Child, Their Child
This is my child
Yes she is not mine
My flesh and blood, but their sweat and tears
She carries my genes, yet will be shapred by their personalities
She lives strong in my heart, but her heart feels for them
She lives in my fantasies, my dreams
Yet she's their dream come true, their beautiful and precious reality
I gave her life, with which she made theirs whole
I learned so much to love her, that I let her go
My child, their child - it doesn't make sense
Yet at the same time
My child, my dream for her to have better than I could give
Their child, their dream, to give her better than I could give
My child, so painful, the hurt caused by her leaving, so much grieving
Yet a world full of happiness in their receiving
--Heather Corcoran-Schneider