Today, I can't stop thinking about our 1st visit with our daughter's biological family which is the 21st of this month. They have not seen her since the week before she came home with us (which was in October). Jason and I wonder what they will want to know about our daughter (beyond the usual developmental milestones). The other question is what will we want to know from them?? Usually, when we have gotten together in the past, we just follow the natural flow of conversation. Maybe this is the best approach in this case as well??
We are nervous simply because it is such an "awkward" situation to be in. We know that once the first visit is over each subsequent visit will be easier but that still doesn't make us feel any better. We wonder what they will think of our parenting. Will they see the happy-go-lucky baby she is? Will they see how much we love this child? Will they see how much she has changed ( developmentally and physically) since August 10th?
We know that there will be the obvious comparison phrases..."she looks exactly like" or "she has ____'s eyes, hair or nose". We fully expect this but know it will be harder on her birth family to see those attributes than it is for us.
The emotional piece is also something we have been thinking about. We know that we will not leave this meeting without tears being shed. We just hope that we can handle the emotional piece of this. Usually, when someone else starts to cry, I do too.
Please pray for us as we make this giant leap in our relationship with our daughter's birth parents.
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