Yesterday was Mother's Day and I am incredibly thankful for each and every one of my children. This is a role I truly cherish. Being a mother is exciting, fun, tiring, fulfilling, challenging.....the list goes on and on. Motherhood is an amazing journey.

But, I can never get thru Mother's Day without looking at Lily and thinking about her birth mother. Somewhere, across the ocean is a woman who will never have the opportunity to know this child, yet she was the one who gave her life. I'm not sure if they celebrate Mother's Day in China. But, if they do, I'm sure this woman thought of the baby she left at the orphanage gate 3 years ago. She was not able to keep her baby, but she loved her enough to carry her preganancy to term and give her life. She loved her enough to make sure she had a future. I wish I could tell her thank you. I wish I could tell her that Lily is healthy, beautiful, sweet, kind, has a great sense of humor and an infectious zeal for life. I am forever indebted to this woman. She will always hold part of my heart and every time I hold Lily in my arms, I will be holding part of her heart, too.