I can hardly believe it but today would have been the day for us to receive our referral if we had not joined the "special needs" process and accepted Alyson's file back in January 2007.
A picture from yesterday, our 2 year familiversary:
Michael told me recently that he would have never been able to wait this long. That makes me so sad because I think in reality we would have waited a lifetime for Alyson. It feels like we did wait a lifetime but yesterday was our familiversary, Alyson has been with us for 2 years. I can't even imagine the shell of a person I might have become if I had had to endure those two years without her. Waiting for word. Waiting for completion so we could move on with our lives. I feel so blessed and lucky that things fell into place for us when they did and we've been able to enjoy being a family of 4 for two full years now.
To all my LID mates from 3/14/06---Congratulations on finally hearing the news you've been waiting for. Congratulations on having the strength, faith, and hope to keep you going through this painful roller coaster.
And to all those with LIDs beyond 3/14/06---you are in our prayers. It's easy for us to say your blessings will come but I know how hard it is to maintain the hope, so be strong!
A picture from Gotcha day May 20, 2007:
A picture from yesterday, our 2 year familiversary:
