Was that a smile?

Yes, it was! It was, in fact, the most beautiful smile I had ever seen.

We waited two years to see that smile, that recognition that from now on, everything would change. Not that everything would be perfect, but that we would be together.

We would move forward together, we would tackle life together, we would be a family together.

Infertility is no joke. When you already have one child, nobody gives you any sympathy when you can't give that child a brother or sister. But in your heart, that child is real. That child is someone you are longing to love.

Now that dream can come true. Now all the red tape has been cut, and we can just be together. We can get in the car and go for ice cream. We can explore the world together.

We can sit around the table for dinner ... all four of us.