Birth-Day memories

Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Evelyn!

Evelyn turns one today! I have such amazing memories of welcoming this firecracker of a baby into the world. For those of you that don't know...I was lucky enough to be with Hai Nhu and John for Evelyn's birth. The experience was one of those precious moments in life when you feel with a certainty the power of love and connection and the miracle of things that can't quite be described with words.

My love and admiration for Hai Nhu and John was so present during those hours together that it felt tangible...and I felt whatever little vestiges of boundaries still in place after so many years of friendship melting away. I knew then that we were creating a true family...an immediate little family of three as well as an extended family soon to include our little one.

And then came Evelyn...and she was perfect and beautiful and when I held her in my arms my heart actually squeezed tight with love. And the little baby still tucked away inside of me would kick and move as if to say hello...I'm on my way...please clear a path for me...