This picture is very special to us. Not only because it represents a very special moment in the faith of our daughter, but also because it was the picture that gave comfort and peace to our birthmother when we met her. We were telling her we would be praying for her, and she asked us where we prayed. We told her we were Catholic, and showed her this picture of our daughter in her First Communion Dress. She cried as she asked us if we would please send her a picture of our new daughter in HER First Communion dress! Of course I broke down into a blithering mess, and assured her that we most definately would. How comforting for us both to know that this sweet baby was going to be raised in the same faith as that of both her birthmother and her adoptive mother. This was very special to us both. Crossing all barriers of culture and language is God's love and provision for His children, and the perfection in His will. Every time our birthmother goes to Mass, she can rest assured that her daughter is also there, in another country perhaps, but nonetheless present before the same Lord as she is, and receiving Him in Holy Communion. A connection devised by our God to bring comfort and peace to two families who are forever intertwining their lives.