Beyond your tears...

I picked up Isabelle's pictures today. I posted them previously when I got the email version. But when I picked them up today, I was especially taken back by this one. I love it so much and I started to wish I could share this picture with Isabelle's birth Mom and let her know how wonderful she is and how much joy she brings to our family. I want her to know Isabelle is loved and happy and to tell her thank you . I think my fellow blogger, Shanna Rae, said it best in a poem she wrote to her daughter's birthmother.

Beyond Your Tears

(written by Shanna Rae for Sophie Lu's Birthmother in China)

I imagine you kissed her sweet face so round

And gently placed her where she would be found

I imagine your heartache your pain and your tears

I wish I could show you and soften your fears

I’d show you a girl with hope in her eyes

A girl who loves stories and sweet lullabies

A girl who laughs freely and loves to play

A girl who sings sweetly and dances all day

A girl with a future So funny and smart

A girl who loves music and reading and art

A girl who I hope has your courage one day

I know it took courage to love and walk away

Her beautiful smile I wish you could see

She looks like you and laughs like me

So, imagine her laughter imagine her touch

I wish I could show you she’s loved so much

Remember her face, remember that kiss

And when you cry, remember this

Beyond your tears, beyond your pain

Sometimes the sunshines through the rain

And I know that she’ll ask me about you one day

I’ll tell her you loved her and wished she could stay

I’ll help her remember and imagine you, too

When she starts to wonder and dream about you

We’ll look at the moon, I’ll give her a kiss

And when she cries, I’ll tell her this

Beyond your tears, Beyond your pain

Sometimes the sunshines through the rain

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