The Big Barlow Blog

We were able to meet a member of the birth family today. Our social worker has counciled us to save the twins' story for them, as it is theirs, not ours, to tell. It is difficult for us not to share it with those we love, especially since, in our eyes, the story has no shame and is a very sweet story full of love. So what we will share with you now will be in fairly vague terms, but we did want to share a bit of what happened.

Really, all I can say, is that we were very nervous and excited about this meeting. We were told that the birth families don't always show up so we should be ready for that. The day before the meeting were told that our family member would be there at the meeting, but we were still trying to be prepared because anything can happen up to the last minute.

One of the couples here was told that their birth family member would not be there, but they went on the trip down south to Hosanna with us anyway, just to see more of the area where their child grew up and to see the child center where their child was taken. It was good that they did, because they showed a photo of their child to some of the nannies there and they recognized their child and kissed the photo and were quite emotional. Ty saw that they were looking at the photo so he went back to the bus and got ours out and showed it to the nannies. He got some of the reactions on video which were quite emotoinal and so great to have. Another nanny came just after we finished filming and she probably had the best reaction of all so we were sad to miss that one.

After stopping at the orphanage, we went to the place where we would meet the birth family members. All the parents waited