I have spent the last several days exchanging e-mails with 'S' and sharing our day to day lives with one another. It has been wonderful to bond and get to know one another across the miles. In one of the e-mails she explains how we both feel perfectly, even though it is difficult for her to write in English, she attempts it beautifully, saying that how she feels is not something that she can put in Google Translate.
"It is amazing how you can feel so close to someone while they are so far away
and even though you never met them in person. It feels like a beautiful bond is
starting to grow between us, and I know it because when I saw your
family pictures immediately tears came to my eyes."
When we started this journey, not knowing the family, I had a completely different outlook as to why we decided to do this. After meeting these amazing people, and truly becoming a part of their family with open arms, it brings a new level of knowing that we are exactly where we are supposed to be in our life. I know that they are going to be receiving a child; there is no greater gift than that, but what we are receiving in return is priceless and something that we will cherish each day for the rest of our lives.
A gift of love...a love that can travel miles.
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