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Seven Days to a Miracle
A Story of Adoption
By Stefanie O'Neill
"Sure," he says. I tell him that we respect their decision for us to not be at the hospital, but we just want to know how they are doing. He says "OK" and "goodbye" and we hang up.
I call Brian at his parents' house. I wake up his mom. She must have heard something in my voice, because I hear her anxiously say, "Get up! Get up! It is Stefanie!""She had the baby," I say.
"What?" Brian asks. "I can't understand you. Why are you crying?"
"She had the baby," I scream. "Mary had the baby."
"Wow!" he says. "I love you. I love you so much. I will come home really early tomorrow." Then he hangs up!
The phone rings. It's Brian. "I am never going to be able to sleep now!" he says. He tells me he loves me and says he will be here soon.
I get off the phone with her and remember that I am supposed to call our adoption agency when Dave phones us. Does this mean tomorrow? Does it mean tonight? I call.
I can't describe what I am feeling. Am I scared? A little. I am definitely anxious. I know that this could be our son. I know they have every right to parent this miracle, but I can't help being excited. Is this it? Is our baby here? What does he look like? Is he doing OK? How can I be so worried about someone that I have never seen? Heard? Held?
