A Letter to Luis

#TBT to 2017 and my letter to Luis!

November is National Adoption Month and many families will be celebrating this month as they finalize adoptions and bring children to their forever homes. And while some families are celebrating adoptions, they also hope to raise awareness of the thousands of other children waiting for families, and thousands of families waiting for the children who will complete them.

The love of a family is life's greatest blessing. ~ Eva Burrows

Dear Luis,

I write this letter today, one month from your ninth birthday, and I can't believe how fast the years are going by. It seems like just yesterday, that our social worker was calling me to let me know that I was going to be a mom to a three-month-old baby boy in Guatemala.

I'll never forget that day and the following one when she handed Dad and I a photo of a dark-haired, smiling baby with bright brown eyes. I was in love instantly and forever thankful beyond measure to your birth mother for making the ultimate sacrifice when she decided to place you with us.

I'm truly grateful for your life, how you've changed mine in so many amazing ways and the beautiful country that made me a mother so many years ago. I can't wait for our return trip together as a family this summer. Get ready for an adventure!

Love Always,

Mom

Read our interview with Rita Soronen, CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

Resources

• Adoptive Families: The How-to-Adopt and Adoption Parenting Network

• Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

• Resolve: The National Infertility Association

• National Adoption Day