Family Faces are Magic Mirrors

(Meeting my Birth Father for the first time.)

Is that love or loss I see in your eyes? I finally stand before you and I feel the presence of your guilt. Your eyes are mine. I feel as your body trembles within my hands, should I let go? But this is the day I have been waiting for. I can see your face and how it has aged fast in this world but you are still beautiful to me. You were apart of my dream; the part that came true. And whether Tanya lies beneath or flies above, I know she would be happy for you and I. She loved us and I wish she were here to complete this moment; our moment. But I find comfort in knowing she would smile at my returned existence into both of your lives. 

I am Hoping.

The Letter I wrote that changed my world:

Dear Andrey,
My name is Sasha Stokes. I was born in Russia in 1992 and my name at that time was Alexandra Anatolievna Bayakina. I was placed in an orphanage not long after I was born and I was adopted by an American family in 1996. My birth father is Anatoliy Alexandrovitch Bayakin and my birth mother is Tatiana Berdievna Bayakina. Since we share the same mother, you would be my brother. I also know of another brother named Igor. All I know of him is that he was born in 1980. I am 17 now and hoping to get to know a little about you and Igor. I still live in the US, so I am hoping you can send me an email and tell me about yourself. It would be great to hear from you. Sasha