Love At First Sight?

I remember when we only had biological children, and I heard about adopted children. Much as I had always wanted to adopt I didn't think I would ever be able to love someone else's children as much as my own.

Well, I can tell you that that thought is long gone. Actually I only just remembered a few weeks ago, that I had ever had that fleeting thought. It was kind of interesting because when we stepped into adoption that thought was nowhere near my mind. It was a thought that had come and gone in the past and when we stepped out in faith to adopt, it was nowhere in sight.

It was kind of neat the other day when I remembered that I had ever had that thought. I was able to look back and think 'Was I wacky? How could I *ever* think I couldn't love an adopted child as much as my biological children?'

Because ever since we began this adoption process my heart has been in Africa. I have been in love with the invisible child for so many months now. And now since seeing our two sweet girls the love has grown one thousand-fold.

You might ask, "How can you love a child you have never seen?"

And I would reply, "The same way we love an unborn unknown baby that we carry in our wombs."

When that little baby is born it has a mind of it's own, a personality of it's own, and a will of it's own. And we love it.

When we bring home our little girls they will have minds of their own, personalities of their own, and wills of their own. And we will love them.

At first sight.

Just like we did when we saw our newborn babies!