I am in Love.
Today I was erasing old emails off of my gmail account. I came across the one below, written on January 20, 2009, with pics attached.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Anita Gillispie
Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:53 AM
Subject: I am in love.
To: Eric, Mom
From: Anita Gillispie
Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:53 AM
Subject: I am in love.
To: Eric, Mom
I'm in love with Mabel. M.A.B.E.L. Mothers Always Bring Extra Love.
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That's all I wrote. Short and sweet! That was the first time my mom and Eric would have heard about Kendi. "Hey Eric. I met your fourth child today. See her pic? Ready to go?" Ha! I wonder what he felt when he opened that email? I knew I had some sort of connection with Kendi Mabel even before I traveled to Ghana that January, but even I didn't know she was my daughter. Once I met her, I knew. *I* knew. My mom and husband didn't know. =-) There was a lot of praying going on for the next several weeks after I got home. It's not every guy that would step out to adopt a potentially sick child when they are doing dialysis and waiting on a kidney transplant. I am so, so thankful that my husband jumped off the cliff with me and said "yes" to Mabel. Mothers Always Bring Extra Love. So do daddies. =-)
2 comments:
Kendi (Mabel to my girls) is the one child from Eben that both my girls will see on the computer and recognize. She has a special place in our family's heart.
Kendi (Mabel still to our family) is the one child from Eben that my girls recognize when they see her on the computer. She has a special place in our hearts.
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