I can't believe it really has been five years since our dossier was logged in, in China. Our actual fifth anniversary is on May 24, but this is close enough. As with most additions to a family you start out naive. I thought, yes, we will adopt from China. She will be a gift from God, as is any child, and we will have a complete family. At the time we were told it would take about 18 months. It seemed like a lifetime away, 18 months. Now we know what a wait really feels like.
Still, I would not change a moment of this journey because this child, my child (and Terry's too, of course) is exactly that, my child as she was destined to be.
