The Call

It was so funny when my agency coordinator called Friday afternoon. I knew it was a long distance call from the caller i.d. I wasn't sure who it was though. She asked if it was Gail and I told her it was. I still didn't know who she was. She told my it was Anne but I couldn't understand her so she had to repeat. She said very calmly, "Gail, this is Anne. Go to your computer." I think I knew what she was saying but didn't want to believe it, just in case. I had to almost literally throw my 13 year old niece out of the desk chair. I got my mail up and found the email from Anne. I hollered at my niece to go get my mother who was in the backyard. I really wanted Mom to see the baby first with me but I also didn't want to wait. I went ahead and looked. Above is my very first glimpse of my Johanna Faith. Then all I could do was cry. Sometime during this one of our daycare moms came in. She stood behind me and cried too. She has a five year old daughter they adopted at 5 months. She could totally relate.