Today is the one-year anniversary of referral day, the day we got "the call" from the adoption agency. It seems like only yesterday and a decade ago. It was a very exciting day. Tonight, I re-read all the blog posts starting with September 15, 2007 (the day before we got Mia) working backwards to "The Stork Has Landed" post on August 2. Reliving it all brought a tear to my eye. I am so glad we captured the events of those alternatively wonderful, exciting, and anxious days.
All the TV coverage of China surrounding the Olympics is giving us a chance to relive our trip to China. The other night, Jeff and I watched a segment on the history of The Great Wall. I recalled that when we toured the Great Wall last year, on the very day before we got Mia, I was too anxious (with an undercurrent of terror) to really enjoy it. Jeff said he didn't know I was so anxious at the time. For himself, he admits he was blissfully ignorant of how challenging the next few weeks might be.
Back to referral day. I've never posted the very first photo we received of Mia, emailed to us about 4 hours after we got the call. This photo was taken in late April 2007, as the orphanage prepared Mia's file to send to the China Center for Adoption Affairs in Beijing. From there it went to the Matching Room, where some wise person to whom we'll be eternally grateful looked at Mia's file and our file and decided we'd make a perfect family. We didn't know it yet, but our prayers had been answered.
Joy + Infinity.
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