Saying Goodbye

Before we left, we said our farewells. Throughout our stay with the other three families, it was touching to see our daughters react with one another. The girls would often hold hands when near one another, and we know from our trip to the orphanage that they held hands with the children lying next to them as their most consistent human contact for the many months they awaited our arrival. The caretakers did their best, but there are just so many babies and only a few arms to hold them. Above is a picture of Claire, one of Lulu's first best friends.

As all four families enjoyed a meal together our last night in Hanoi, we all agreed it would be nice to keep in touch and hopefully reunite the girls at some point in the future, in some way. Our families share a special connection, having weathered this trying and amazingly rewarding journey together, and we all want our daughters to have as much context to their adoption story as possible. We wish all the families on our trip and those still waiting to go the very best.