PRIVATE JOURNAL CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 6
Only A Miracle
CHAPTER 6 - EXCERPT
Another sunrise, I face the day,
Down on my knees, I try to pray,
Screaming at heaven,
Seems even God won't help me,
Tears are all I conceive...
Reading those words today, words I penned for Pamela’s voice during the depth of our infertility, brings tender emotion to my heart. Trying unsuccessfully to bring a new human life to the planet was painful for me. But it was gut wrenching and agonizing for Pamela...
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CHAPTER 6 - PHOTO GALLERY
COMING SOON
CHAPTER 6 - EXCERPT
Worse than remaining unselected would be if the adoption unraveled after taking the baby home.
I understood the risk, and the reason for the risk. A woman who has imagined, loved, and carried a baby for nine months must circumvent a purposely tenacious built-in bond to allow adoption to occur. Seeing that living miracle, holding and touching a new baby skin to skin, looking teary eye into teary eye, I can understand why many women who have carefully considered their options, arriving at a loving, wise, and generous decision to allow adoption, could yet turn away from that choice after the baby was in their arms. Finding the strength to supersede that bond would be miraculous, actually.
But by now, we were all in on this, no matter the outcome...
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