5 years ago today we stood got the gift of a lifetime. Annabelle walked out of a waiting room and into our hearts.
The crazy thing is that on the way to the meeting our translator/guide told us to expect the worst–that Annabelle would be unhappy to go with us, that she would likely cry a good bit and want to stay in her homeland with her friends. For the first time Kim and I had to consider that Annabelle might not want to be our daughter. We prayed and walked in, hoping for the best.
You can imagine our surprise (and see it in Kim’s eyes!) when Annabelle greeted us with a smile and a kiss and a “Mommy! Daddy!”
5 years have passed so quickly. And we’re more in love with this young lady now than we were when we first met her.
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