This verse has been taped on our computer for over 2 years.
I read it everyday as we waited for our son.
A year ago today, Dan and I sat at a table with our social worker, a pregnancy counselor and a brave women who had decided that she loved her little boy so much that she wanted to give him the world. It was a meeting that no one is ever truly prepared for, seriously, how do you prepare? I remember just sitting there in awe of her and the things she asked us. She had truly thought of this little boy in every way. She loved him more than life and it was apparent in everything she said. My heart broke inside as I thought of what it would be like to be in her shoes. As the meeting went on we found things in common, we learned about her and her passions, we asked about her wishes and desires for this little boy. At the end of the meeting, we heard the most beautiful words I have ever heard. She wanted us to parent. She picked us!!!
This little boy didn't have a name. She wanted us to name him. We discussed names and landed on Colton Ray Mach. She had ties to the middle name and so did we. Ray short for (Raymond) was the name of two different men that had impacted our lives for the better and what a fitting way to tie us all together. So, he was named.
We never did see a picture of Colton Ray Mach that day. We left the meeting in shock. We would bring Colton Ray Mach home the next morning. Seriously!! We sat in the car and cried. Our prayers had been answered. WE were going to get the chance to be parents.
We had the crib, stroller and rocking chair, but that was it!! Dan and I stopped by Babies R Us and loaded the carts. The staff there was fantastic, offering advice on products, telling us what we would absolutely need right away and what to wait for. I think one employee was just as excited as us!
We loaded the car and head back to a Target parking lot where my car was. Before parting, we decide to call our parents and tell them. To sum it up in one word. JOY. Then, in the craziness we both went to work. I still to this day don't know how we did that. I was so excited, scared and amazed.
That night, Dan was working and I put together last minute things and had fun calling friends to let them know. When Dan got home we finished things up- not sure we slept much that night. We were too excited.
Our lives changed this day forever. It will always be a special day to me. As I sat today and rocked Colton to sleep, it was hard not to be emotional.
Our prayers were answered by a little baby boy that we had not even seen or met yet.
