In a blink of a eye
It amazes me how your life can change in a blink of a eye. It was a year ago this month that "A" came to us, totally out of the blue and asked if we wanted to adopt her baby. Even though in my heart I still felt like we where not through, I was totally happy with what we had. Colt was already such a miracle and blessing, I felt that I could not expect or ask for anything more.
Yet again, God showed us that He is bigger then anything that we can imagine.
We did not even have to think about it, both Jeff and I knew that this was "our" baby. We said YES! YES! YES! I was on a cloud. I felt so blessed and honored.
Then.... the roller coaster began. I will be honest, we where put through hell. Our story is even to unbelievable and crazy for a Lifetime movie of the week.
It is only with the grace and mercy from God that we got through everything that was thrown at us for the next three and a half months.Through it all, Jeff and I became closer to one another and to God. There was so many times that we wanted to walk away, but we just couldn't. Really... how could we. She was (and is)our baby.
As you can see from previous post... she was worth it and a million times more. Lilly was born to be our little girl. This was God's plan from day one.
Just for fun, some pictures of Lilly as a itty bitty baby
Our big baby girl
My heart aches for all of the men and women that are still waiting for their babies. I personally know so many who are praying to adopt.
I was blessed recently to be able to help a young woman chose a family for her baby boy due to be born in November. I am not free to share details at this time out of respect for both the birth-mom and adoptive parents, but am looking forward to sharing a "Happily ever after" very soon.
As wonderful as it is to be able to be a part of this, it was also very painful. Like I said, I know several wonderful families that are dreaming of adopting. This made it very difficult in deciding who to recommend to this wonderful young woman. I could not over whelm her by suggesting 20 couples. I spent a lot of time in prayer and really seeked God's guidance.
First of all I would never suggest a couple that I would not, if in this sweet girls situation, consider letting adopt my own baby. Then I had to add in the fact that the baby is bi-racial. In my opinion, a a baby is a baby. Race should not be a deal breaker, but sadly to a lot of people it is.
I narrowed it down to five couples all together. Two did not feel is was their time, one has decided after a lot of heart ache to be happy with their beautiful, small family and not pursue adoption any longer.
The birth mother chose between the two last remaining couples. My heart is divided in two. One half rejoices for the chosen couple while the other half is broke for the second couple.
I adore the adoptive parents. I am loving watching them experiance this new phase in their lives. I love hearing the excitment in the adoptive moms voice. I do not think this woman has stopped smiling in the past week. I know in my heart that this child was created for them as Colt and Lils was made for us.
I am truly honored to be getting to know the birth mom, who is a amazing young woman. She is so strong and loves her baby so much, that all she cares about is making sure he has a mother and father who love him and that he has a bright, happy, safe future.
Let me just say, these woman... the birth moms... deserve so much respect. They make the ultimate sacrifice for their children. They make women like myself, dreams come true.
Again, even though I am bursting at the seems to share all the details I am going to wait until the story and the babies new family is complete.
Yet again, God showed us that He is bigger then anything that we can imagine.
We did not even have to think about it, both Jeff and I knew that this was "our" baby. We said YES! YES! YES! I was on a cloud. I felt so blessed and honored.
Then.... the roller coaster began. I will be honest, we where put through hell. Our story is even to unbelievable and crazy for a Lifetime movie of the week.
It is only with the grace and mercy from God that we got through everything that was thrown at us for the next three and a half months.Through it all, Jeff and I became closer to one another and to God. There was so many times that we wanted to walk away, but we just couldn't. Really... how could we. She was (and is)our baby.
As you can see from previous post... she was worth it and a million times more. Lilly was born to be our little girl. This was God's plan from day one.
Just for fun, some pictures of Lilly as a itty bitty baby
Our big baby girl
I was blessed recently to be able to help a young woman chose a family for her baby boy due to be born in November. I am not free to share details at this time out of respect for both the birth-mom and adoptive parents, but am looking forward to sharing a "Happily ever after" very soon.
As wonderful as it is to be able to be a part of this, it was also very painful. Like I said, I know several wonderful families that are dreaming of adopting. This made it very difficult in deciding who to recommend to this wonderful young woman. I could not over whelm her by suggesting 20 couples. I spent a lot of time in prayer and really seeked God's guidance.
First of all I would never suggest a couple that I would not, if in this sweet girls situation, consider letting adopt my own baby. Then I had to add in the fact that the baby is bi-racial. In my opinion, a a baby is a baby. Race should not be a deal breaker, but sadly to a lot of people it is.
I narrowed it down to five couples all together. Two did not feel is was their time, one has decided after a lot of heart ache to be happy with their beautiful, small family and not pursue adoption any longer.
The birth mother chose between the two last remaining couples. My heart is divided in two. One half rejoices for the chosen couple while the other half is broke for the second couple.
I adore the adoptive parents. I am loving watching them experiance this new phase in their lives. I love hearing the excitment in the adoptive moms voice. I do not think this woman has stopped smiling in the past week. I know in my heart that this child was created for them as Colt and Lils was made for us.
I am truly honored to be getting to know the birth mom, who is a amazing young woman. She is so strong and loves her baby so much, that all she cares about is making sure he has a mother and father who love him and that he has a bright, happy, safe future.
Let me just say, these woman... the birth moms... deserve so much respect. They make the ultimate sacrifice for their children. They make women like myself, dreams come true.
Again, even though I am bursting at the seems to share all the details I am going to wait until the story and the babies new family is complete.
Aww what a sweet story makes me cry to think people would choose race over loving a child unconditional. I know we pray for our next child and know that someday whether it be boy or girl we have more children out there.
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