Until I was about 16, different kids would join our family for roughly 6 months to nearly 2 years... their parents were sometimes homeless... sometimes in rehabilitation facilities... sometimes incarcerated... Every few months I would have a new little bro or sis to look after, play with, do school with and I loved it :) Even so, it was never easy. A lot of the kids, whom I called my family and the called my parents mom and dad, suffered emotionally and it caused my (biological) sister and I to make a lot of changes in our own lives. When a new kiddo is added to a family, whether by blood or not, there will be changes. Ive not had every experience in the world and I cant claim to but I know what it means for relationships to change... finances to change... the school day to change... to make sacrifices as a family because someone elses needs were greater at that time. Just in the minutes of posting my last status I have read many stories of the road to and after adoption. As many of you are on your journey Ill be praying for you that the right kiddos will show up in your life and the provisions that need to be made, will be. And for those of you have expanded your families by bringing in children that are not your blood but treating them as though they are, I commend you. I admire you. I thank you. It is admirable to adopt but should never be seen as easy or simple. Your (spouses... familys...) sacrifices are not overlooked. God sees the beauty you bring into your home and He is pleased with the lives you are choosing, daily, to be a part of. He chose to bring us in, and its quite lovely to know there are families out there doing the same.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 04:03:12 +0000
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