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Blessings

December 23, 2006 08:06 PM UTC

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In an article called Teardrops and Empty Arms, ( Click Here ) I wrote about my sadness when I lost my twins in 1972.Â

Because health issues made pregnancy unlikely or at least inadvisable, my oldest son and his wife began to pursue adoption a few years after their marriage in 1984.Â They initiated the home study process while they lived in Florida, waited a few years and had to begin all over again with a new agency when my son accepted a job in Ohio.

Days passed and years went by. The 1980â€™s ended, the 90â€™s began and still we waited.Â Several years later my daughter got married.Â Although she and her husband were both employed, their income was not impressive.Â Living with us was the logical solution, especially since my daughter was pregnant

June 17, 1992 was a regular work day.Â I woke up early, showered and dressed, and made my way to the kitchen.Â As I plugged in the coffee pot, my son in law walked into the room and announced that he and my daughter had been up most of the night and that they were on their way to the hospital.Â My granddaughter was born later that afternoon.Â

When we returned home from the hospital that evening I tried to call my son and daughter in law in Ohio to tell them about their new niece.Â I dialed and redialed, but the phone just kept ringing until the hands on the clock approached the limits of what I considered an appropriate time for a non emergency call.Â The news would have to wait until morning and I would have to call early to reach my son or his wife before they left for work.

The call was made and the phone was answered early the next morning, but I wasnâ€™t the only one with news to share.Â While the phone was ringing into their empty house the night before, my son and daughter in law were out buying baby furniture.Â The social worker from the adoption agency had visited the previous afternoon and told them that they had been selected to be the adoptive parents of a baby girl who was born on June 10, 1992.Â Two blessings in one day as we became the grandparents of twins in godâ€™s perfect timing

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Robin K. Dec 23, 2006, 8:21pm UTC

Linda, I just finished reading this and your prior article. Along with one that was posted in your comments section. Even though the loss remains the sight of your twin grandchildren must have been amazing!!

I lost my first baby and it still hurts. With each subsequent pregnancy and child...I still think about the one I lost. I can't say it ever got better but it did get easier to think and talk about.

Thank you for publishing this, it really is healing!

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