On this, the last day of November…the last day of National Adoption Awareness Month… I pause to express my gratitude for the wonderful goodness and blessings that I have been given by having the HONOR to parent my children.  I am thankful to the Judge in a small courthouse in Rostov-on-Don who gave me the gift of motherhood.  I am thankful to the social workers, facilitators, drivers and agency workers who helped me to realize a dream. 

And most importantly, I am thankful to the 4 women who made the enormous sacrifice it took to make me a parent – I will continue to strive to be worthy.

Categories: Family