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Having you in my life helped with the grief that would come when I thought about being “childless.” You and Kira are a great excuse when people ask if we have kids, and you’re also a GREAT excuse not to stay out late. “Gotta get home to the dogs.” But… really, you help most when I start to see or hear about births and “first” announcements. Or even news about graduations, weddings, showers, and grandkids. All those things I can only celebrate as a guest or a participant.
Instead, I think of you & Kira and the unconditional love both of you provide for us. How excited you are to greet us every time we return home. I think of the fun ways I can post pictures of you in costumes or do other silly things with you and Kira. You had always been such a good sport about that, Kirby, and I love you even more for being so willing to do them.
Kirby, you have always put your trust in us. And I think that’s another reason why you’ve fulfilled my dream of being a Mother. The feeling of knowing that someone’s livelihood depended on me. The responsibility of caring for someone I loved so deeply and unconditionally because you were a “part” of me. Though we may not have been genetically linked, you have and always will be in me … just like I hope I am always in yours.