And the love that burst in my chest was overwhelming.
It was as if, for the first time, I belonged somewhere. As if everything finally made sense.
Tears streamed down my face as I caressed his little face with my fingertips.
"Hi, my love…" I whispered, and a tear fell on his forehead.
He moved, making a soft sound, and I laughed, even amidst the tears.
"I waited so long for you… So many sleepless nights, so many tears, so much fear… but you arrived and now nothing else matters."
He opened his eyes for the first time, and I was choked with emotion. His clear eyes, so much like his father's, but his little brown hair was like mine.
Perfect... Simply perfect.
My lips grazed his soft skin, and in that instant, all the years of rejection I lived in the orphanage, all the pains of abando
