Dear World

To a Very Special Couple, somewhere in Utah County:

Thursday night, you were given the greatest gift of your lives: you adopted a very special six-month-old baby. I have known this baby for a couple of months now, and he is a joy. He's a smiley, happy, very pleasant boy, and you're lucky to have him.

But you probably don't know how lucky he is to have you. You saved his life. He came from a home where, if he had stayed and grown up, and if nothing had physically happened to him, he would have had so many problems that he might as well have never grown up at all. You're probably noticing that he doesn't do the same things that other babies his age do, even considering his premature birth. That's because, until you came, he spent most of his day in a baby swing. Often, he would cry and no one would come to see what he needed. He was given too much medication by his mother, who didn't seem too concerned about his overdose.

But he is a tough baby--he always has been. He was born 10 weeks early, but he is a fighter. I'm so happy that he doesn't have to fight anymore. From now on, he has a family who loves him, parents who have always wanted a child, and who will raise him in the way he deserves. Thursday was the best day of his life.

So, on behalf of those who knew him before, thank you. Thank you for saving that baby. I'm sure there are difficult times ahead, but I know he will be worth it. He is a joy.

I will definitely miss seeing him, but I'm so glad that you all found each other, and you will all be in my heart and prayers.

Thanks again,

Liz

P.S. Would you give him one last hug for me? I never got to say goodbye.