Now get this! We discovered that birth mother is native to Taipei, Taiwan (the country where both Janet and I served our mission for our church) and birth mother was born the same exact year that Janet commenced work as a full time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Taipei, Taiwan. All 3 of us instantly broke into Mandarin Chinese on birth mother's door step once we made this instant connection... HUGE!!!
If that connect isn't awesome enough,... get this! Birth mother's home district of Taipei (Sung Shan) was Janet's first working district as a missionary in Taipei, Sung Shan district! (My adopted district in the Missionary Training Center in Provo, UT was also Sung Shan! Stunning coincidence??? I beg to differ. My opinion is that Heaven Father also has quite a sense of humor that He enjoys sharing with His children,... aka US. I certainly enjoy it...) Whoa, too cool! Janet very well could have been riding her bicycle right next to the very hospital where birth mother was born or next to the apartment complex where birth mother was taking her very first steps!!! etc....
This is such a happy occasion, but at the same time Janet and I could detect and feel the wrenching anguish birth mother must have been experiencing, in deciding to place her beloved son with hopeful parents outside of her household. There's no way to know exactly how crushing of a blow this is to birth mother, but experiencing the loss of our own daughter that occurred exactly five and a half months prior to baby boy's birth date, we have a slight glimpse into what birth mother might be experiencing. At the same time we might not even have a clue, since the difference of birth mother's loss and our loss are on completely different terms. Birth mother's loss is completely voluntary. The loss of our beloved daughter was complete involuntary.
Again enough of the philosophy of life for the moment, back to the task at hand...
We're scheduled to take placement of our new tiny little son by the end of this month! This is so surreal, but at the same time so solid! We are so giddy with excitement, but at the same time feeling the loss that the birth mother is most certainly feeling at this moment! We're giving Madison complete and total sovereignty.
