Relief

I am very relieved tonight to finally know our daughter's story, however few details there may be. It felt like this was one huge emotional hurtle left to clear and now we have cleared it. We spent several hours driving to all the locations of where are children were left or found, except we have not been to Carington's location yet. We will do this tomorrow. I am thrilled to know that her birth date is accurate. She was born in a hospital so we know her true birthday. This is a luxery that many of the children do not have. We have not decided what, if any, details of her story we will share.

We drove into the countryside this morning and it is absolutely beautiful. We were able to go into one of the huts and see the people. One of the families brought beenie babies that we gave out to the kids. Some of the kids were scared of the beenie babies because they didn't know what a toy was. One little girl tied the beenie baby on her back and carried it like the women carry their babies here. I wish we had more time to spend in the country but I am happy to have seen some of it.

I have so many great pictures from today but it was hard enough to get these 2 posted. The first shot is the whole group minus one mom and baby that weren't feeling well. The second is the moms and babies that were all together in the baby room. I've got a great shot of them all sitting on the grass crying but couldn't get that one loaded. Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to post more.