Deep within our sense of completeness or incompleteness lies a drive so fundamental that it extends us beyond our worst fears and toward our greatest hope. The hope that we may be important. That which needs us may frighten us away. Or, it may provide an opportunity to prove that we are immeasurable givers.

This piece is perfect. Plain and simply, perfect. A 40 year-old woman has given-up waiting for a man and found a baby girl in need of her love. Crossing socially drawn lines to extend her reach, an adoptive mother becomes one more woman to shape destiny and the fate of inter-racial dialogue.