Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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Beautiful. Such a beautiful testament to God and His perfect plan. Such a BIG story. So glad to have met you. And I totally agree with you that being told "you can't have this baby after all" is the same grief as physical miscarriage. People still update me on the little girl that was our first referral and it is bittersweet. I am so glad we have our daughter and I KNOW she was meant to be in our family. But we mommies never forget the babies we lost.
Lovely post!!
You know, you are amazing. God certainly had a special path for you. A path that had a rediculously rewarding end, but most women would not have been strong enough to make. I have to tell you. I have been struggling with a lot of things in my personal life as of recently. I know in my heart while I have always been a faithful women, I have been doing it without the community of a church behind me for many years since living in Las Vegas. The people I have been meeting recently - people like you have all been showing me it is time to begin a second church search out here. One that will help me through these times. Your story is amazing. I am so glad you are writing it. I am so blessed to read it. I am lucky to have met you at this time. And PS I pretty much love the TV show Parenthood. Xoxxo - Emily
Adrienne,
I read your blog all the time. I am also an adoptive mom and feel compelled to comment on something you said in this post. I don't believe that God creates children for their adoptive parents. They are destined for their birth family. God did not create these kids to belong to us. He didn’t decide that they should be born into poverty or disease or abandonment or abuse and despair so they could finally make it into our homes, where God intended them to be. No. We are a very distant Plan B. Children are meant for their birth families, same as my biological kids were meant for mine. Adoption is one possible answer to a very real tragedy… after it has already happened, not before as the impetus for abandonment. There is genuine grief and sorrow when your biological family is disrupted by death and poverty, and adoptive kids have endured all this and more.
I don't want to sound mean because your feelings have come from your heart. But it is important to realize that even though adoption allowed you to become a parent and you were thrilled by the event your children came through the throes of grief.
Another adoptive Mom
What a beautiful and encouraging post. Thank you for letting me witness your obedience and trust in the Lord. May the Lord's divine purpose and plan in your life continues to unfold.
Lynn
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