‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ actress Nia Vardalos opens up this Mother’s Day about her experiences after adopting a 3-year-old girl.
“After years of wanting to be parents, my husband and I were given 14 hours notice … then a little girl walked into our house,” Nia tells People.com. Nia announced last November that after becoming frustrated with adoptive attempts, she and her husband, Ian Gomez, had finally been able to adopt a child.
“One night, the phone rang – the social worker told me we’d been “matched” with a 3-year-old girl,” the actress reveals. She says their daughter was scheduled to arrive the very next day. “There wasn’t a baby shower, there wasn’t time to discuss with family and friends, there was no way to really prepare for her arrival.”
“There isn’t a word for the elation I felt. I grinned like a maniac and jumped into parenthood,” said Nia Vardalos in a recent interview with People. She jokes that the girl “arrived without an instruction manual.” “I was delighted by her: Every facial expression, every tantrum, every small thing she did was fascinating and fantastic.”
Nia also tells People.com that “she was thrilled when she took her daughter to church and the priest offered a special adoption prayer.” “The priest said the words, ‘Today you have given birth to your daughter,’ and I began to cry. It all poured out. All the grief, all the anger, all the angst at the difficult and long journey to parenthood. And that outpouring of tears was quickly followed by a peaceful gratefulness.”
Vardalos’ new movie “My life in Ruins” hits theaters in June.
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