So when I got her birth certificate in the mail, I took a few minutes to think about what this piece of paper means to us. I didn't give birth to Hazel, and she isn't flesh of our flesh, but she is our daughter, and we are her parents.
She will always know who carried and loved her for nine months, who gave birth to her and sacrificed so much for her. By becoming Hazel's official mom and dad, we are not hiding her identity, nor would we ever dream of erasing that part of her history.
Holding that piece of paper in my hands reminded me that this is real. Really really real. 10 months later and I can still hardly believe how lucky we are!
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you know, we got Julia's original birth certificate the day we finalized.
Wouldn't you know it? Carri had named her, "Julia Marie Rittman."
We'd been calling her Julia Purcell for seven months.
I love that adoption is open now. Makes life a lot less complicated.
i love reading your posts and your perspective - and i love how much you love your sweet little hazel. reading your words help me cherish, even more, being a mother. thank you.
Be proud! It's such a great feeling when you see your names on the birth cert of your child!
Since we adopted through the state (foster kids) I made sure we had the original copy of their birth cert, so they can have that when their older.
When we adopted our son almost 4 yrs ago, the judge said that now he was ours and the same as blood! That meant so much to me.
Heavenly Father sure knew right where to put Hazel! I'm so happy for you, still!!!
I am so happy for you! We still don't have Cassie's! (partly the agency's fault, partly mine)Hoping to see it in the mail any day now! Then we will do the happy dance with you!
best post ever. and i could not agree more with your words.
she has a past that she will know about, full of evidence of the love of a birthmother, but also has a bright future with her official mom and dad.
congrats you guys, again and again!!
congratulations. we are in the process of adopting an 11-yr-old and i cant wait to have her new birth certificate in my hands.
the legacy for any child is the one that is created in love by their parents - birth or adoptive. it's who loves the child every day and raises them in the way they should go that matters most.
unbelievably cute!
That's exciting stuff, says I! Papers make everything seem so much more official.
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