my sweet little sister
I am here waiting for you ! I won't see you when you come but I will come in the summer and we can be together! When is it your birthday? I am planning to make a blanket for you and it is crocheted by me. What would you like as your birthday present? Maybe I will surprise you. I have already got a very small surprise for you and its my favorite color. You will find it when you come here.
love you a lot
your big sister.......ishana
Jul 29, 2007
Jul 18, 2007
From Corinne
I feel we prepare for her arrival all the time. Today for example, we packed up a bin of great items for her that Jaredan and Kanan enjoyed very much at the age of 2 - 5. (even the very potty seats that they learned to go "big kid" potty are in there!). I am also going to bring my "prized" glider rocking chair over to "Gaga's" house today to save for you to rock Uma in your arms to sleep, the way I rocked both of my boys until that age of 4. I have not wanted to give the chair away even though we cannot fit it in out home because it means so much to me as a representation of all the many hours I spent in it with each boy in the middle of many nights! I so badly wanted to keep that chair in the family for some reason (and your mom gave it to us at my shower for Jaredan). So, today I am bringing it to the toy room at your parent's house and I hope it will make it to Uma's bedroom when she gets here.
I picture the three of you moving to a larger home in the next year or two so that is also part of my "vision" for the Bose family soon after Uma's arrival. Preparing for a child's arrival, no matter what form it takes is a very personal journey for each member of the family. Everyone will handle it in their own way, just as they will have their own unique relationship with your daughter. I am personally so excited to "give back" in the way of baby sitting or what ever when she comes since you were so helpful to me when Jaredan arrived into our lives. The timing could not be more perfect for me. As my boys spend more time in school, I will have more time to be an "aunt", something I have not been able to do as I have been so busy with my own young children. And of course, a girl! She will be such an exciting addition to our family and offer much needed balance to all the "boy" energy.
This is going to be so much fun for us all!
Got to go feed my hungry boys lunch. They are ALWASY hungry!
I picture the three of you moving to a larger home in the next year or two so that is also part of my "vision" for the Bose family soon after Uma's arrival. Preparing for a child's arrival, no matter what form it takes is a very personal journey for each member of the family. Everyone will handle it in their own way, just as they will have their own unique relationship with your daughter. I am personally so excited to "give back" in the way of baby sitting or what ever when she comes since you were so helpful to me when Jaredan arrived into our lives. The timing could not be more perfect for me. As my boys spend more time in school, I will have more time to be an "aunt", something I have not been able to do as I have been so busy with my own young children. And of course, a girl! She will be such an exciting addition to our family and offer much needed balance to all the "boy" energy.
This is going to be so much fun for us all!
Got to go feed my hungry boys lunch. They are ALWASY hungry!
Jul 16, 2007
Cousin Jaredan!
Hello Uma,
I look forward to teaching you English and getting to know you. We have some things for you, also. I hope you will enjoy living in Los Angeles, California. See you by Thanksgiving.
Goodbye,
Jaredan
I look forward to teaching you English and getting to know you. We have some things for you, also. I hope you will enjoy living in Los Angeles, California. See you by Thanksgiving.
Goodbye,
Jaredan
Jul 13, 2007
Cousins!
Cousins, cousins, cousins! Now I have 5 cousins that live in Los Angeles and when you come, I will have 6 sweet cousins. Cuz I have cousins :) I am lucky! The two sisters are you and Ishana, and the two brothers are Kanan and Jaredan and the other two brothers are Michael and Jason. That adds up to 6 cuz, cuz, cousins! :)
Oh, I forgot! My name is Aidan. I live waaay up in Palo Alto, far from here. I am 8 years old, just like Jaredan and Jason. The oldest cousin is Michael, 10 years old. The youngest is YOU!! :) The one, or should I say the two, other cousins I didn't mention are Kanan, who is four years old, and your sister, Ishana, who is nine. Good luck, great luck, I mean, happy, happy luck! :)
love,
Your cousin Aidan
PS You'll be happy with your pets. :) I wish I had pets!
Oh, I forgot! My name is Aidan. I live waaay up in Palo Alto, far from here. I am 8 years old, just like Jaredan and Jason. The oldest cousin is Michael, 10 years old. The youngest is YOU!! :) The one, or should I say the two, other cousins I didn't mention are Kanan, who is four years old, and your sister, Ishana, who is nine. Good luck, great luck, I mean, happy, happy luck! :)
love,
Your cousin Aidan
PS You'll be happy with your pets. :) I wish I had pets!
Jul 12, 2007
New Legisation Regarding Adoption in India
New legilation was passed regarding adoption in India. It seems to make it so that adopting a child in India will be easier and faster. The change was initiated because Angela Joli and Brad Pit had gone to India to consider adopting from there, but were discouraged by all of the loops and long waits. This made some of the legislators open their eyes about streamlining the process. There are so many children, like our Uma, who are sitting in orphanages longer than they need to just because of red tape.
In terms of international adoption, the change seems fantastic in terms of being able to get a referral more quickly and for the children, those who "happen" not to be at orphanages with relationships with foreign agencies, it could mean a chance at a home
On a personal level, I tend to cringe at change. I am not sure how the new legislation will effect us since we have already done the bulk of our waiting (hopefully) though maybe it will allow us to adopt Uma in India itself rather than waiting until we get here. On the other hand, being at the tail end of our process could possibly mean more delays while things iron and straighten out. Who knows!?
Anyway, prayers are in order....so that the new legistation does make a positive difference in the lives of many children and their prospective families, and for us it either speeds things up, or makes the process easier, or at least doesn't make it delayed.
Below is an article which briefly explains the changes forthcoming.
CARA PROPOSES AMENDMENTS IN ADOPTION GUIDELINES
________________________________________
11:5 IST
Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), an autonomous body under the
Ministry of Women & Child Development has proposed amendments in guidelines
on adoption of Indian children without Parental Care. The draft of the
amended guidelines was submitted to Smt. Renuka Chowdhury, Minister for
Women and Child Development by Shri J.K. Mittal, Chairman, CARA here today.
Briefing about the salient feature of the guidelines, the Minister said
these would bring more transparency, accountability and streamlined the
adoption procedure. According to the proposed amendments, now the State
Governments shall register all CCIs (Child Care Institutions) in the State.
Cases of all orphan, abandoned and surrendered children shall be processed
as per Juvenile Justice Amendment Act, 2006, which will automatically see
more adoptions. The Act shall be applicable both in domestic and foreign
adoption in case of all children in need of care and protection (orphan,
abandoned and surrendered). In the case of inter-country adoption, children
leaving with adoption orders and conformity certificate from CARA shall
acquire automatic citizenship/nationality and enjoy more safeguards.
Single window system will be followed in case of sourcing of children for
inter-country adoption. All abandoned and surrendered children will now be
committed to adoption agencies and shall be declared legally free for
adoption by CWC after following due procedure.
Prospective adopters would be able to adopt a child from any part of the
country from registered agency. No child adoption agency can deny
registration of such Prospective Parents. For example, a couple from Kerala
working in North East can adopt without any hassle.
All applications for foreign adoptions shall be received at CARA for advance
approval. If foreign agencies/Central authorities have given a choice of a
particular Indian agency, it will be considered as far as possible,
otherwise CARA shall direct foreign agencies/central authorities to transmit
their proposal to such placed where more children are available for
inter-country adoption. This process will minimize the waiting period of
foreign parents and children in the institutions as well.
The draft guidelines will be circulated to the all concerned agencies and
put on with the website for comments so that it can be given the final shape
after a month.
NCJ/DT
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=29102
In terms of international adoption, the change seems fantastic in terms of being able to get a referral more quickly and for the children, those who "happen" not to be at orphanages with relationships with foreign agencies, it could mean a chance at a home
On a personal level, I tend to cringe at change. I am not sure how the new legislation will effect us since we have already done the bulk of our waiting (hopefully) though maybe it will allow us to adopt Uma in India itself rather than waiting until we get here. On the other hand, being at the tail end of our process could possibly mean more delays while things iron and straighten out. Who knows!?
Anyway, prayers are in order....so that the new legistation does make a positive difference in the lives of many children and their prospective families, and for us it either speeds things up, or makes the process easier, or at least doesn't make it delayed.
Below is an article which briefly explains the changes forthcoming.
CARA PROPOSES AMENDMENTS IN ADOPTION GUIDELINES
________________________________________
11:5 IST
Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), an autonomous body under the
Ministry of Women & Child Development has proposed amendments in guidelines
on adoption of Indian children without Parental Care. The draft of the
amended guidelines was submitted to Smt. Renuka Chowdhury, Minister for
Women and Child Development by Shri J.K. Mittal, Chairman, CARA here today.
Briefing about the salient feature of the guidelines, the Minister said
these would bring more transparency, accountability and streamlined the
adoption procedure. According to the proposed amendments, now the State
Governments shall register all CCIs (Child Care Institutions) in the State.
Cases of all orphan, abandoned and surrendered children shall be processed
as per Juvenile Justice Amendment Act, 2006, which will automatically see
more adoptions. The Act shall be applicable both in domestic and foreign
adoption in case of all children in need of care and protection (orphan,
abandoned and surrendered). In the case of inter-country adoption, children
leaving with adoption orders and conformity certificate from CARA shall
acquire automatic citizenship/nationality and enjoy more safeguards.
Single window system will be followed in case of sourcing of children for
inter-country adoption. All abandoned and surrendered children will now be
committed to adoption agencies and shall be declared legally free for
adoption by CWC after following due procedure.
Prospective adopters would be able to adopt a child from any part of the
country from registered agency. No child adoption agency can deny
registration of such Prospective Parents. For example, a couple from Kerala
working in North East can adopt without any hassle.
All applications for foreign adoptions shall be received at CARA for advance
approval. If foreign agencies/Central authorities have given a choice of a
particular Indian agency, it will be considered as far as possible,
otherwise CARA shall direct foreign agencies/central authorities to transmit
their proposal to such placed where more children are available for
inter-country adoption. This process will minimize the waiting period of
foreign parents and children in the institutions as well.
The draft guidelines will be circulated to the all concerned agencies and
put on with the website for comments so that it can be given the final shape
after a month.
NCJ/DT
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=29102
Jul 4, 2007
A Wonderful Video to Watch!
Click the below link to watch a beautiful and amazing adoption story.
Click here! This story is amazing! Check it out!!
Click here! This story is amazing! Check it out!!
Jul 3, 2007
Small Blessings
From “Small Blessings” an All God’s Children International Publication
I am waiting……somewhere far…far…away on the other side of the world.
I may not know who you are or what you look like,
But some how deep in my heart I know you are out there.
That one day you will come and find me.
It’s a long journey, and takes a lot of time...
I wish it could be easier.
But I know that the ones who come for me will not count the cost.
They will only see the joy in finding me.
For now I abide in the fields of the fatherless.
Day by day wondering why I was born here and not somewhere else?
Asking…why my life couldn’t have been different?
It is so lonely…
Even though I am surrounded by hundreds of other children,
I know that something is missing…I know in my heart I need a place to call home.
My arms long to be saved by a mother’s love…
Gazing out the orphanage window, I offer a prayer of hope,“Oh God please help them come quickly.”
Even as I lay in the darkness each night somehow I feel assured,
That no matter how lost I appear I am not alone.
Holy hands guard my steps; sacred fingers wipe away my tears, touching my lonely heart.
The One who made me,
The God that knew me before I was born,
Hears me every time I call.
He whispers His promises in my ear.
I listen with hope to His voice.
But what I worry about most is that no one is looking for me.
The fields are vast and there are so many scattered all over the earth.
I wonder how one little child, so lost can be found?
Yet He calms my heart and assures me that HE will find you.
That HE will make sure you hear His voice clearly.
He has promised me that HE will make a way through the fields,
That HE will personally cut a path, and lead you right to my orphanage door.
My prayer is…When He speaks… Please don’t forget to listen…
When He calls don’t be afraid to go
For I am waiting…somewhere, far…far…away
On the other side of the world
To come home.
I am waiting……somewhere far…far…away on the other side of the world.
I may not know who you are or what you look like,
But some how deep in my heart I know you are out there.
That one day you will come and find me.
It’s a long journey, and takes a lot of time...
I wish it could be easier.
But I know that the ones who come for me will not count the cost.
They will only see the joy in finding me.
For now I abide in the fields of the fatherless.
Day by day wondering why I was born here and not somewhere else?
Asking…why my life couldn’t have been different?
It is so lonely…
Even though I am surrounded by hundreds of other children,
I know that something is missing…I know in my heart I need a place to call home.
My arms long to be saved by a mother’s love…
Gazing out the orphanage window, I offer a prayer of hope,“Oh God please help them come quickly.”
Even as I lay in the darkness each night somehow I feel assured,
That no matter how lost I appear I am not alone.
Holy hands guard my steps; sacred fingers wipe away my tears, touching my lonely heart.
The One who made me,
The God that knew me before I was born,
Hears me every time I call.
He whispers His promises in my ear.
I listen with hope to His voice.
But what I worry about most is that no one is looking for me.
The fields are vast and there are so many scattered all over the earth.
I wonder how one little child, so lost can be found?
Yet He calms my heart and assures me that HE will find you.
That HE will make sure you hear His voice clearly.
He has promised me that HE will make a way through the fields,
That HE will personally cut a path, and lead you right to my orphanage door.
My prayer is…When He speaks… Please don’t forget to listen…
When He calls don’t be afraid to go
For I am waiting…somewhere, far…far…away
On the other side of the world
To come home.
Jul 1, 2007
Our Journey to Uma
Today is July 1, 2007. It was one year ago today that we were getting ready to send our completed dossier to our adoption agency so that we may adopt a child born whose gestation took place in our hearts over many years.
Unbeknownst to us at that same time, somewhere in North India, there was a woman who was very likely agonizing with a major decision. She had just given birth several months before, and for whatever her reasons, she would not be able to keep her baby.
On July 1, 2006 the woman made her decision. She wrapped her baby in a blanket and left her in a New Delhi train station, where she was picked up by the police. I do not know how long the baby laid there before she was taken in. The police took her to a local orphanage, where the caretakers there bathed her, fed her and gave her the name "Aakriti." They estimated her age to be three months from that date ,which then gave her the birthday of April 1, 2006.
This baby is the child who will be our daughter in this life time. Her name will be Uma Aakriti.
My journey to Uma began many, many years ago. As a child, my parents created a warm, happy home. Despite my father's difficult schedule in medical school and later as an intern, resident and fellow, we spent weekends together as a family. My parents would read to us at night, stories like Heidi, Oliver Twist, Annie of Green Gables, just to name a few. I remember feeling so deeply saddened at the thought that these children did not have loving parents like I did. I remember thinking, "When I grow up, I will become their mother!"
From about age seven and then my adulthood, almost every summer for over 20 years, my family and I would travel to a summer family camp. There was one family there who started as just a couple, and then year after year, there were additions to their family. The additions did not come as newborns, but as both toddlers and older children. They came from all over the world. I used to watch them playing together with the sheer joy that only children can express. There was a special joy in these children's faces. It was same joy that I knew my heart had, but perhaps took for granted -the joy of having a loving family. It touched me very deeply, even as a young child, to see these children, who once had been waiting for that special love of a family, now relishing in that love. I planted the seed in my heart that I too, would want to adopt children some day, and create a conscious family of love.
Adhipen, too, had the same dream born under different circumstances. Having been raised in India under the best of circumstances, with two loving parents and a sister, he too knew the joys of a loving family. Growing up in India, he constantly saw the large contrast of the poverty that his family did not know, with so many children either orphaned or sent out as beggars on the streets, with no chance of an education, let alone a future. He felt the pain at his own "luck" as compared to theirs. It was not guilt, rather it was sheer empathy. He knew very well, that with a twist of circumstance, he could be them. There really was no difference between them and him other than the circumstance of birth. This pain of their suffering etched very deeply in him and left him with the dream to adopt children and give them the opportunities that they otherwise would not know.
However, the largeness of the suffering that he was exposed to made him wish to do even more. While I was moved by my children's books, Adhipen felt moved on a larger scale because what he had seen was more than just in movies or books. He wept bitterly at the end of the movie, Schindler's List when Schindler received a ring to honor what he had done to help save the lives of Jews suffering in the Holocaust, and replied, "I could have saved one more life with this."
Hence, it became Adhipen's dream to also to make a change in the world so that perhaps a woman would have a different choice rather than have to give up her children or send them out to beg on the streets. It became his dream to create a larger solution to the hunger and suffering around him, not just in India, but worldwide. Hence, while we wait for our family of children to come to us, we simultaneously are working on the creation of Ariven Community and Amma's Sanctuary (you can read about this in the link section of this blog site: "Adhipen's Yoga Website"). This is my husband's larger dream, one which I am grateful and honored to be a part of.
The journey to Uma began with these sparks of desire and dreams within both of our hearts. When we met, we both agreed that as a couple, that someday, we would make our dream come to fruition.
The unfolding of action began in October 2005 and I began to research international adoption. I dreamed of her face in November 2005. There were many twists of fate that led us to the place where we were on July 1, 2006, finally getting ready to submit our dossier.
When all that we needed to do had been done, and we sent our final paperwork to the adoption agency, we sent it with the deep hope in our heart, and the faith that now that we had done the "footwork" mysterious working of a Higher force would bring our daughter home to us.
In March 2007, just a few days before Adhipen's birthday, we received the referral for the baby Aakriti. Those eyes and those lips were unmistakable! This was the baby's face of the little girl I had seen in my dream back in November of 2005. This was our daughter.
We went out to dinner with my family and brother Jason's family. We passed the picture and report around. The tiny face in the picture reached out to everyone. They all welcomed her to our family. My nephew Jaredan, age 8, asked me, "where do I sign to tell them that I want her to come?" Adhipen and I signed the referral acceptance in front of the portion of our family that lives in our proximity. The next day, we mailed in the paperwork via Federal Express. Now all we could do was to wait....that is the agonizing place we find ourselves today, July 1, 2007.
Our adoption agent says that we have received our NOC (which is the approval from the government department in India, CARA, that approves adoptions). Now we are just waiting in the backlog of the New Delhi courts. Our adoption agent is hoping (and we are praying!) that Uma Aakriti will be home by Thanksgiving, 2007. That would definitely give us so much to give thanks for!
And so I have begun this blog, to hopefully help make the wait a bit more bearable -to be able to post any inspirations, expressions of the heart and whatever love and prayers come in for us in the form of comments. In this day and age of the Internet, we are able to reach out to the world and have something there for the world, and hopefully, someday, for Uma to see.
I have spoken of the sparks of hope and desire that began so many years ago. Adopting children was something that we had planned on doing so as to give a better life to a child who already born on this earth. However, I also want to say that while we are hoping that adopting a child would be a "good deed" let it not go unsaid that the child will be also doing an even greater "good deed" for us, by gifting us the honor and blessing of coming into our lives, and having us be her parents and gifting us the joys of parenthood.
All souls must enter this life by means of birth, but not all souls are born into a home of the heart and of love. Some souls remain with the parents they are born to and find a loving home there. Some remain with those they were born to, but live with abuse and neglect and hence never do find that true home. Some souls are born from another womb, but find their true home somewhere else. Some never are able to find that home at all. Some souls are born into families that spilt, or were never together to begin with, and hence find their homes with two families rather than one. Some souls find their way to single parents only. Life has many paths for a young soul once it is born.
In my thinking, the souls that find each other as parents and children are truly the luckiest souls alive. However the children may find their way home in this life, whether through adoption, conception, or as part of a second marriage (stepchildren), both parents and children are being given perhaps life's greatest gift from the Divine: the gift of the love of family. Uma will be the beginning of our nuclear family, an extension of the love between Adhipen and me. She will truly be a gift to us, one that we will cherish for the rest of our lives, and one that we will be eternally grateful for receiving.
Unbeknownst to us at that same time, somewhere in North India, there was a woman who was very likely agonizing with a major decision. She had just given birth several months before, and for whatever her reasons, she would not be able to keep her baby.
On July 1, 2006 the woman made her decision. She wrapped her baby in a blanket and left her in a New Delhi train station, where she was picked up by the police. I do not know how long the baby laid there before she was taken in. The police took her to a local orphanage, where the caretakers there bathed her, fed her and gave her the name "Aakriti." They estimated her age to be three months from that date ,which then gave her the birthday of April 1, 2006.
This baby is the child who will be our daughter in this life time. Her name will be Uma Aakriti.
My journey to Uma began many, many years ago. As a child, my parents created a warm, happy home. Despite my father's difficult schedule in medical school and later as an intern, resident and fellow, we spent weekends together as a family. My parents would read to us at night, stories like Heidi, Oliver Twist, Annie of Green Gables, just to name a few. I remember feeling so deeply saddened at the thought that these children did not have loving parents like I did. I remember thinking, "When I grow up, I will become their mother!"
From about age seven and then my adulthood, almost every summer for over 20 years, my family and I would travel to a summer family camp. There was one family there who started as just a couple, and then year after year, there were additions to their family. The additions did not come as newborns, but as both toddlers and older children. They came from all over the world. I used to watch them playing together with the sheer joy that only children can express. There was a special joy in these children's faces. It was same joy that I knew my heart had, but perhaps took for granted -the joy of having a loving family. It touched me very deeply, even as a young child, to see these children, who once had been waiting for that special love of a family, now relishing in that love. I planted the seed in my heart that I too, would want to adopt children some day, and create a conscious family of love.
Adhipen, too, had the same dream born under different circumstances. Having been raised in India under the best of circumstances, with two loving parents and a sister, he too knew the joys of a loving family. Growing up in India, he constantly saw the large contrast of the poverty that his family did not know, with so many children either orphaned or sent out as beggars on the streets, with no chance of an education, let alone a future. He felt the pain at his own "luck" as compared to theirs. It was not guilt, rather it was sheer empathy. He knew very well, that with a twist of circumstance, he could be them. There really was no difference between them and him other than the circumstance of birth. This pain of their suffering etched very deeply in him and left him with the dream to adopt children and give them the opportunities that they otherwise would not know.
However, the largeness of the suffering that he was exposed to made him wish to do even more. While I was moved by my children's books, Adhipen felt moved on a larger scale because what he had seen was more than just in movies or books. He wept bitterly at the end of the movie, Schindler's List when Schindler received a ring to honor what he had done to help save the lives of Jews suffering in the Holocaust, and replied, "I could have saved one more life with this."
Hence, it became Adhipen's dream to also to make a change in the world so that perhaps a woman would have a different choice rather than have to give up her children or send them out to beg on the streets. It became his dream to create a larger solution to the hunger and suffering around him, not just in India, but worldwide. Hence, while we wait for our family of children to come to us, we simultaneously are working on the creation of Ariven Community and Amma's Sanctuary (you can read about this in the link section of this blog site: "Adhipen's Yoga Website"). This is my husband's larger dream, one which I am grateful and honored to be a part of.
The journey to Uma began with these sparks of desire and dreams within both of our hearts. When we met, we both agreed that as a couple, that someday, we would make our dream come to fruition.
The unfolding of action began in October 2005 and I began to research international adoption. I dreamed of her face in November 2005. There were many twists of fate that led us to the place where we were on July 1, 2006, finally getting ready to submit our dossier.
When all that we needed to do had been done, and we sent our final paperwork to the adoption agency, we sent it with the deep hope in our heart, and the faith that now that we had done the "footwork" mysterious working of a Higher force would bring our daughter home to us.
In March 2007, just a few days before Adhipen's birthday, we received the referral for the baby Aakriti. Those eyes and those lips were unmistakable! This was the baby's face of the little girl I had seen in my dream back in November of 2005. This was our daughter.
We went out to dinner with my family and brother Jason's family. We passed the picture and report around. The tiny face in the picture reached out to everyone. They all welcomed her to our family. My nephew Jaredan, age 8, asked me, "where do I sign to tell them that I want her to come?" Adhipen and I signed the referral acceptance in front of the portion of our family that lives in our proximity. The next day, we mailed in the paperwork via Federal Express. Now all we could do was to wait....that is the agonizing place we find ourselves today, July 1, 2007.
Our adoption agent says that we have received our NOC (which is the approval from the government department in India, CARA, that approves adoptions). Now we are just waiting in the backlog of the New Delhi courts. Our adoption agent is hoping (and we are praying!) that Uma Aakriti will be home by Thanksgiving, 2007. That would definitely give us so much to give thanks for!
And so I have begun this blog, to hopefully help make the wait a bit more bearable -to be able to post any inspirations, expressions of the heart and whatever love and prayers come in for us in the form of comments. In this day and age of the Internet, we are able to reach out to the world and have something there for the world, and hopefully, someday, for Uma to see.
I have spoken of the sparks of hope and desire that began so many years ago. Adopting children was something that we had planned on doing so as to give a better life to a child who already born on this earth. However, I also want to say that while we are hoping that adopting a child would be a "good deed" let it not go unsaid that the child will be also doing an even greater "good deed" for us, by gifting us the honor and blessing of coming into our lives, and having us be her parents and gifting us the joys of parenthood.
All souls must enter this life by means of birth, but not all souls are born into a home of the heart and of love. Some souls remain with the parents they are born to and find a loving home there. Some remain with those they were born to, but live with abuse and neglect and hence never do find that true home. Some souls are born from another womb, but find their true home somewhere else. Some never are able to find that home at all. Some souls are born into families that spilt, or were never together to begin with, and hence find their homes with two families rather than one. Some souls find their way to single parents only. Life has many paths for a young soul once it is born.
In my thinking, the souls that find each other as parents and children are truly the luckiest souls alive. However the children may find their way home in this life, whether through adoption, conception, or as part of a second marriage (stepchildren), both parents and children are being given perhaps life's greatest gift from the Divine: the gift of the love of family. Uma will be the beginning of our nuclear family, an extension of the love between Adhipen and me. She will truly be a gift to us, one that we will cherish for the rest of our lives, and one that we will be eternally grateful for receiving.
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