First, her tummy mommy. I know for sure she was a strong woman. To carry Sophie for 9 months, deliver her sweet girl and love on her for the next 3 months before giving her up ~ that takes strength. I have no doubt that leaving Sophie was the hardest thing she's ever done. I know she loved her and cared for her, as she left Sophie in a very busy spot to be found quickly. When we visited that spot just 16 months after that cold day in December, I cried. Just knowing how lucky we were and how sad she must have felt just months earlier...the thought still brings me to tears. We are not sure of the situation~ perhaps because she was a girl, not the first born, or because she had a heart condition... in any case, we are forever grateful.
Secondly, we wish to thank her foster momma. Again, a very strong woman. To take in a little girl to love with all your heart, to know that one day she will be taken away forever. She raised her like her own, took such loving care of her, protected her until we could come to get her. In the letter she wrote to us, she told us that upon Sophie leaving, her family had to bury the love for her deep down in their hearts. She showed Sophie unconditional love, and the love of a family. We could tell in the pictures we got from Tiffany before we traveled how attached to her foster momma she truly was. Again, forever grateful.
Although we no pictures of Sophie's tummy mommy, we do have pictures of her life with her foster family. I think they are an important part of who Sophie is today, and want her to know this part of her life.
January to March 2014, Longyan, China~
In above picture, left to right: Foster mom hold her grandson, foster dad holding Sophie's foster sister ( Penny ), foster parents granddaughter, foster parents daughter holding Sophie.
The purse we sent her in our care package!
Sophie has been so blessed by these two special mommas. We know they both loved her very much.
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