Is she missing her?

This morning I was awakened by a sweet hazel eyed girl wishing me a "Happy Mother's Day". 

On our way to church, I began to wonder. Is she missing her birth mother even more today? I mean we busy ourselves with the hope that she is forming a lasting bond with us as her parents, but let's get real.  She's 11.  She knows she has another mother.  She knows that relationship will never be the way it was intended to be.  So, I wonder, when she's hugging me, is it her birth mother she is longing for? How much does it affect her? Does it even affect her at all? I would be naive to think it doesn't. 

So, I'd like to say, Happy Mother's Day to Maisie's birth mother.  Thank you for choosing life for this child.  I don't know you, and probably never will, but she knows you.  She holds you in her heart, and will forever.  She has a love for you that has nothing to do with me, and I'm okay with that. You have her past, and thankfully, I have her present and future!