BONUS EPILOGUE
AMORA
NINE MONTHS LATER
February is my favorite month of the year.
It’s the month my adoption was finalized and when I became a big sister.
I watched Mommy’s belly grow and even felt little kicks. She let me help decorate the nursery, which was so much fun. Daddy and I bought lots of toys, and at the baby shower, I got to open presents.
Though they told me we couldn’t pick what the baby was, I prayed hard every night for one of each. The day of the ultrasound, I got to go and crossed my fingers and toes on the whole way to the hospital.
That was the day we found out there were two babies in Mommy’s tummy. They decided not to find out their genders beforehand. It was a surprise to all of us when they were born—a boy and a girl.
I was so excited and told them I prayed
