Dear Grace,

Dear Grace,
In 6 months or so (Lord willing) your whole world is going to change. Two strange people are going to come and take you away from all that is familiar. You are going to be really scared. I don't know how you'll respond; if you will scream and cry, or totally shut down. Sometimes it only takes a few hours to get used to the idea, other times it takes much, much longer. I can't lie though, it won't be easy for you. You will lose your nannies and all your friends. You will lose your familiar surroundings, your culture and your language. Everything will seem so strange and unfamiliar. We are praying that somehow God will prepare you for this huge loss. You'll go from being one of 600 to one of 5. You will have wide open spaces to run in, clean air to breath and clean water to drink. You will have all the food you could ever want. You'll have your own room which is already filled with clothes and toys from friends and family who can't wait to meet you. You will have 4 big brothers to wrestle with and who will be there to defend you, you will have seven first cousins to play with, 3 aunts and 2 uncles to watch over you. Including greats, you'll have six grandmas and five grandpas to spoil you rotten. You'll have a church that values children, and many, many wonderful friends. And, you'll have a wonderful daddy who will keep you safe and provide for and love you, and a mama who isn't perfect but who already loves you ferociously and can't wait to have a little girl. We promise that we won't forget the loss you have suffered and will do our best to help you heal, even when it gets hard.
Love,
Mama