I'm going to be totally honest though. Mother's day is hard when your baby is half way around the world. I've been noticing lately a little ache. In my mind I think of it as the "empty arms" ache. It hurts in my heart when I think about the fact that he is there and I am here and I just want to hold him... this little boy that I have fallen in love with just in pictures.
In addition to that I think about his birth mother today... whom I plan to call "Enat" in our home. (It means "mom" in Ahmaric, the language spoken in Ethiopia) She will likely have this empty arms ache for the rest of her life. I only have to feel it for a month and to be honest, right now that feels like forever. I can't even begin to imagine what it feels like for her. So, today, I honor her for the gift she has given us, and the sacrifice she made for our lil' Eli Akram. Happy Mother's Day to our "Enat".
