Actually, the news is 100% great!!! We received the DNA test results today! Yep, 99.99% chance that the woman posing as Carrie's birth mom actually IS her birth mom! Hurray!!!
We can keep moving forward now! We have to finish family court and then get our pre-approval. Then we go into the Guatemalan courts. Soooo... much more waiting ahead! But this is a big step!
On the other hand... receiving the results today was hard as I expected. Seeing Carrie sitting on her birth mother's lap--neither of them smiling--was a sad moment. The woman is young and I have no idea what her life is about or why she needed to make this choice. It's interesting how much she and Carrie look alike, although their skin tones are completely different. I don't have much else to say on the matter... it's just a bizarre feeling that is fairly unexplainable. I will put the picture away until the day Carrie asks... if she ever does. I am forever grateful to this woman for her beyond-words-amazing gift!!!! (we all are!)
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Laura-
Let the countdown to PA begin ! Even though we know the picture of our child with their birthmom will be in the results, it is such a hard thing to see. Just remember she is giving her child the most precious gift any mother can give.. a family ! I pray God grants her peace in knowing her little girl is already loved beyond compare !
God Bless,
Julie
Great news on the progress with her adoption...
Re: the birthmother photo, I understand completely, you know!
Big hugs!
Melissa
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