Seoul Searching

Today while Owen was in gymnastics class, Lily, LittleMan, and Bennett watched a video in the car while I checked emails and F@cebook. I came across this article called Seoul Searching . As I read, I literally started weeping. I found myself fighting back tear after tear reading this father's words as he told of his family's trip back to Korea to take his daughter to meet her birth mother. It's so beautifully written, and I was flooded with emotions as I read the story, while also seeing Lily's reflection in my rear view mirror. You just have to read it to understand why it brought me to tears. I sat in the parking lot, reading and looking at my Lily, wondering what her birthmother, now 22, is doing, if she thinks of her little Soojung, how she felt having to let her go. Someday I hope to take Lily to meet her and hope she is able to meet her birth mother and foster mother who loved her dearly for most of the first year of her life, and that Lily is able to have some closure if she needs it  the way the little 11 year old girl in this article did. In the meantime, I will do all that I can to let my sweet, happy little Lily know just how special she is and what a gift she is to our family. 

A song Lily loves to hear lately is from the Veggie Tales dvd called It's a Meaningful Life.It's a song that Larry the Cucumber sings to his little girl Emma who just happens to be  adopted. I can't find a video of it online so I may have to video a clip from our dvd, but here are the words. I just love it and so does our Lily Soojung. She loves for me to tell her she's precious and this song says it over and over again. 

Precious Girl,

You're in our lives,

making every moment right.

Your Mom and Daddy love you.

You fill us with delight.

Precious Girl,

so special too.

God has got a plan for you.

We can see it clearly,

as you shine His light.

Do you realize when you shine 

everyone sees you.

The lives you touch,

you're worth so much,

That's just how God made you.

Mom and Dad,

when I'm sad,

you're still proud of me.

God put us together now.

I know He must love me.

Precious Girl,

Can you see?

You're part of our family.

This will be my promise:

God's plan for you is true.

You are worth so much, and 

It's just by being you.