Trip South - Motivation

As soon as I learned that my child-to-be had a known family, I decided I wanted to visit with them.

Although I clearly wanted to learn more about his background so that I could convey it to him in the future, my main motivation was for his family.

It is absolutely incomprehensible to me the emotional and physical situation they must've been in to reach the point that they needed to even consider adoption.  I can't imagine how much faith they would need to trust that everything would turn out OK and he would end up with a family that loves him and wants as much for him as they do.  In light of this, I felt the absolute least I could do was to meet them to hopefully bring a little solace to their hearts.  I wanted them to see for themselves that I am a good person who will do my very best by their/our child.

I don't know if I was effective at reaching my goal, but I hope so.