Dear Jaci B

So after months of waiting I finally saw your sweet face for the first time Friday. The e-mail arrived at 11:12 a.m. I was sitting in a conference room surrounded by coworkers and I saw the e-mail with your name in the subject line. I immediately started to cry.
When my eyes looked into yours in the photograph, there was a flood of emotions. I am still trying to sort through them three days later.
Your grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins are all counting down the days until you come home. You are going to change the fabric of our family, actually you already have. We know little about you, but I am so excited about getting to know you.
There are so many things I want to say to you and so many things I want to show you. Most of all I am so grateful that God saw fit to place you in my life. He has entrusted you to me and I promise to do the best I can to provide the love that will strengthen your roots and the freedom to give you wings. Never forget for a single minute darling girl that you did not grow under my heart, but you are growing in it!