Do YOU believe?

Recently, our fellow blogger friend, Johnny commented on my Morning-Tea post with the following:

At 8:44 PM, Johnny said...

I just wanted to say that every time you post pictures of Ruby, I think of YOU. So, two questions:

1) did you believe in that whole face-matching-to-the-parents feng shui mumbo jumbo before you got Ruby?

2) If not, do you now?

We.....kinda do.

So, obviously I wanted to respond to him as I rather enjoy reading his Blog every day & find him humorous & quite adorable (shhh, don't tell his wife!) Anyhoo- I figured, rather than post a comment here, it would be nicer to maybe reply personally to him... and so I did.

He then wrote me back with the following:

Thanks for the explaination! You know...this really should be a post by you instead! (hint, hint)

So, Johnny, this post is for you & your 'hint hint' ;) I hope everyone enjoys reading it.

-Amy

Hey Johnny,

Just caught your comment on my blog and wanted to personally reply to you rather than just reply with yet another comment.
Yes, I always knew that Ruby would look exactly as she does and that we'd look similar... but it honestly wasn't because it's what 'everyone says' will happen, but because I knew it first in my heart & secondly in my dreams.
I knew Ruby way before she was ever born, before our 'red thread' was created over time & distance... Ruby was my daughter long before she ever existed on this earth. How do I know that you ask? Well, I'll tell you the following & then you tell me how I can NOT believe it...

December of 03... around Christmas time... I was 31, living on my own & knew that it was time to start thinking about becoming a mother. I called MARE (Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange) to ask for some information about possibly adopting an older child from the state of MA. I received a packet of info with a booklet of lots of photos of older children legally free & available for adoption. I read through them & fell in love with this little girl named Maria. (My late grandmother's name... I called her Nonna) Anyhoo, Maria was 12 and cute as can be, hispanic/mixed race & a sweet girl who loved dolls, arts & crafts, singing, school, reading, etc... she sounded adorable & I just wanted to give her a chance at a better life, SO I wanted to immediately call but it was sunday & they aren't open till monday, so I waited. That night I went to sleep & had a dream of Me and Ruby (yes, the little girl who is my Daughter now) walking through the mall and I glanced down at her full face & those big gorgeous cheeks and she smiled at me as she clung onto my finger walking happily by my side.
I woke up & knew immediately that my child was in China. I just knew...

So I called MARE & inquired about Maria & they told me that No, sorry she wasn't available as she had just been adopted a week earlier.

So, you ask if I believe in all that 'face-matching to the parents' stuff... Kinda, I mean obviously she DOES look like MY CHILD, however... I think regardless of what people say the process is & however it happens, whether it's because some woman in the matching room in China thought that Ruby & I looked alike or whether it was bigger powers at work here... the end result is the same; Ruby Looks like my Daughter because she IS my Daughter and was always destined to be my Daughter. I believe that like I believe that water is wet, like I believe that fire can burn and like I believe that I need air to breathe. I believe it with my entire being...

...and You should too. =)