| cl | | | | have come together. All members of the triad will |
| The landmark day you became parentsâ¦. It's | | | | remember this day vividly and with deep emotion. |
| pretty clear that the day of your adoption was not | | | | Sadly, it is sometimes necessary to point out and |
| like any other day. It's the day you became a | | | | remind adoptive parents, or parents waiting for that |
| mother, your husband became a father and your | | | | moment, that these children find their adoptive |
| parents became grandparents. Your life is forever | | | | parents after a long and often difficult journey |
| changed and no other event will ever encompass all | | | | suffered by their birth mothers. We must never |
| you have gone through to get to this day. | | | | forget this very important individual who, by strength |
| There is also someone else who is a very important | | | | of character, or difficulty in circumstances, or both, |
| person; someone with deep feelings of loss and | | | | opted to give the gift of a child to those who could |
| sadness. That special person is your child's birth | | | | not have one. For this reason alone they deserve |
| mother, who has gone through a great ordeal to | | | | respect, recognition, consideration, thoughtfulness and |
| bring you this day. Without her none of you would | | | | kindness, from those who benefit from their decision. |