Heavy rains and the gift of life...

I just found this info on Guatadopt.com:

GT WEATHER ALERT
Heavy rains causing flooding, building collapses and displaces families due to a series of tropical rains hitting the country until the weekend.Affected areas:La 16 calle 15-52 zona 1Rio Los Esclavos, la aldea Las Pozas en ChiquimulillaLa aldea MatamorosLandslides on the road km 314.5 ruta Interamericana, from Huehuetenango a la Mesilla, along the border with Mexico;The rivers, Rios Motagua en Gualan Zacapa; Polochic en Panzos, Alta Verapaz; La Paz en ciudad Pedro de Alvarado en Jutiapa, y la Pasion en la Libertad, Peten.

Please pray for the people of Guatemala and especially Auri's birth family as they are from one of the areas being hit hard. I don't think I have mentioned much about Auri's birthmom but we are so grateful for the gift of life she has given Auri as well as Brent and I. She made a very hard decision after trying to care for this sweet girl for a year. I know Auri will have questions for us in the future and it will be difficult because there are no pictures of Auri for the first 12 months of her life, no stories, no memories. We hope to be able to meet with her birth mother sometime whether it be on our pick up trip, next year or 5 years down the road to kind of fill in the missing pieces of the timeline. I had the opportunity while in Guatemala to go and meet her but I think she needed that closure without me present since this was the first time in over a year and maybe the last time she would see Auri. We will be placing the photograph of Auri and her Birthmother from their first DNA in her bedroom - I know some of you think this is very weird but she is very much a part of Auri's life and we will forever thank her for the gift she has given us.

Legacy of Two Mothers

Once there were two women who never knew each other.

One, my darling, is your birthmom and the other is your mother.

Two different lives, shaped to make yours one.

One became your guiding star; the other became your sun.

The first gave you life, and the second taught you to live it

The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it.

One gave you a nationality; the other gave you a name.

One gave you the seed of talent, the other gave you aim.

One gave you emotions; the other calmed your fears.

One saw your first sweet smile; the other dried your tears.

One chose adoption. It was all that she could do.

The other prayed for a child, and God led her straight to you.

And now you ask me through your tears,

The age-old question through the years.

Heredity or environment, which are you the product of?

Neither, my darling, neither.

Just two different kinds of love

-Unknown author