It’s true what they say about the glow of a mama expecting.
And, that glow may actually seem a bit brighter when the mama has been waiting a long time to hold the title “mama” and hold a child of her own in her arms.
Showered she was. Complete with games (it is her first, ya’ll. Don’t even think of skipping the games) courtesy of the Overthinker (that be me)–a fun Chinese trivia game, a matching game for Chinese characters with their corresponding English words, and a “sweet messages for the mom” game where ladies wrote little messages of advice or thoughts (we even had some lengthy letters) using the names of all these candy bars.
Hope her friends didn’t think I was the game nazi. There was pretty much no escaping my games.
Lots of ladies there to celebrate with the expectant mama, mama-to-be, mama waiting to hold her son in her arms. Lots of loot, and lots of love. And some special love from a few other mamas who have gone before her to bring their little ones home to China.
The journey of waiting you have been on for so long is almost over, Melissa. Soon, the real adventure begins.