tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16565481.post-1135291742127287362005-12-22T14:49:00.000-08:002005-12-22T14:49:02.180-08:00We heard from the birth mother yesterday! She was out of town and couldn’t get email. So all is well with the world. Actually, she sent a very nice note to my daughter and one separately to me about what caused her to not be able to call on the last birthday. She was honest and forth right and I appreciated that. She also was very respectful of my feelings and my daughter’s feelings.<br/><br/>So, she will call, and I think that is best for my daughter.<br/><br/>But the interesting thing is what this did for me. It truly showed me the triangle between the three of us. I saw how she is important to my daughter in ways that I don’t and probably can’t ever totally understand, and that’s ok. I think we all grew quite a bit over this experience.<br/><br/>Christmas is coming quickly and I’m recovering from a cold. So, once again, it isn’t going as I had hoped but it’s going. I think it will be a nice Christmas for all of us.<br/><br/>The kids will be in the Christmas pageant on Christmas day at 11am at church. The priest loves to do a Christmas day service with the children. Funny, at first it seemed hard to get up from all the presents and excitement and go to church, but then we all saw that the true reason for Christmas is to celebrate Jesus’ birth and what better way? And what better way to show your children the meaning of Christmas than to leave the glitter and excitement of new things and the fun of playing and sharing at home to go to church. To be willing to leave all the fuss behind to worship.<br/><br/>KarenKaren Petznoreply@blogger.com