12 Years Ago

"A daughter is a miracle that never ceases to be miraculous...

full of beauty and forever beautiful...

loving and caring and truly amazing."

Dianna Beisser

March is one of my favorite months!  

Besides the fact that March ushers in spring,
 daylight hangs around longer, birds are chirping
and the grass is greening up finally,
there is another reason I love March.

12 years ago today in a conference room in the faraway city 

of Guangdong in the Peoples Republic of China, 

we met our daughter, sweet Maddy, from the town of Wuchuan, 

 for the very first time.

Two months before, we received some photos of her 

looking very serious with those beautiful

piercing dark eyes, sweet little nose and rosebud lips.

And that hair -- that gorgeous black hair!
It was love at first sight!

She's an amazing, sweet, vibrant, thoughtful, loving, 

funny and fun-loving 

13 year old now.
How did we ever get so lucky?!

We are blessed beyond measure to be able to raise her
and call her our daughter!

A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present,

 and the hope and promise of the future." 

-- Author Unknown