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I'm so glad you wrote this! I love hearing Martha and Jonathan's thoughts at this happy time and their gushing about their new son.

I can't see Martha and Jonathan being rejected as adoptive parents (unless it was because they got arrested for protesting when they joined the MLK marches). I could see them almost being able to adopt a child only to have it fall through and them being scarred by the experience. It would make them extra wary with Clark.

I, especially, enjoyed hearing Jonathan's resetting his priorities now that he's a father, so that he can have time with his son. Those words are chocolate to every new (and old) mother's heart.

I'd much rather your muse get insomnia with too many good ideas to write. But we evil writers are cruel in that way.

Super story! Kudos for taking on a topic that has been done (at least I seem to remember a few stories covering this topic) before and putting a much more detailed spin on the Kent's thought processes. This was an extremely emotional piece and very well done!

Mike

Thought you might enjoy this, Virginia! Just wish I could have written this earlier/thought of it at the same time as I was writing "Earth's Calling." I'm glad people asked for the Kents' side of things.

Watching a man as a father is pretty incredible, isn't it? I still have to fight tears watching my husband and girls playing together.

My muse also wishes she could spend endless hours writing. But she knows that she also has to get up and parent in the mornings. She does, however, have a few WIPs going and a few other ideas percolating.

Completely beautiful, DC. I, too, am so glad you wrote this. The shock, the joy, at finding a baby--when all your options to be parents have failed--what an amazing moment for the Kent's. You have such a wonderful ability to bring feeling and such depth to your pieces.

Such a pleasure to read
Laura

I'm glad you decided to write this companion piece - the first story was great for its unique perspective, but this one is equally emotional. I like that Martha thought about Clark's biological parents - how hard it must have been for them to send Clark away. My sister-in-law and cousin have both had fertility issues, and this story really made me think about them and feel for their struggle. Very good story!

Thank you! I've read a few "finding Clark" fics, but they usually focus more on the events, rather than the feelings. It was kind of fun to imagine what they might have been feeling as new parents.

Thank you! Glad you liked it! It was surprisingly easy to get into their heads. I think anyone who wants a child that badly would feel the same way.

Thank you for the kind words. We dealt with IF too - our first IVF failed spectacularly and then our second try (frozen transfer as opposed to fresh) gave us our twins. Had that cycle failed, we were prepared to start looking into adoption, just to get our names on the (very long) wait list, even though we weren't going to abandon the IVF route.

For me, even though we didn't/won't be adopting (I'd like to use the rest of our frozen embryos and if they don't pan out, I'll be happy with my two girls), it was easy to slip into J&M's heads and find their joy and fear - joy at having a son, fear that something might go wrong and make them lose him.

Hugs to your SIL and cousin! I'll be praying for them.

What a joyful companion piece to Earth Calling. Thanks for letting us have a peek into Martha and Jonathan's lives prior to Clark's arrival.

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for reading it!