“Adoption is wonderful and beautiful and the greatest blessing I have ever experienced.  Adoption is also difficult and painful.  Adoption is a beautiful picture of redemption.  It is the Gospel in my living room.  And sometimes, it’s just hard.

As a parent, it’s hard not to know when your daughter took her first steps or what her first word was or what she looked like in kindergarten.  It’s hard not to know where she slept and whose shoulder she cried on and what the scar on her eyebrow is from.  It’s hard to know that for ten years yours was not the shoulder she cried on and you were not the mommy she hugged.

As a child, it’s hard to remember your biological parents’ death, no matter how much you love your new mom.  It’s hard to have your mom be a different color than you because inevitably people are going to ask why.  It’s hard that your mom wasn’t there for all the times you had no dinner and all the times you were sick and all the times you needed help with your homework.  It’s hard when you have to make up a birthday.  It’s hard when you can’t understand the concept of being a family forever yet, because your first family wasn’t forever.

Adoption is a redemptive response to tragedy that happens in this broken world.  And every single day, it is worth it, because adoption is God’s heart.” (72)

Kisses from Katie, by Katie Davis (emphasis mine)

 

P.S. I would recommend this Thanksgiving post one of my fellow bloggers posted recently, it is beautiful.

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  1. Wow. That is a really awesome quote! I just read the most recent post on your family’s blog, and MAN OH MAN. It’s those moments that make it all worth it, huh? 😉 Lucy is so right, you guys have given her and Henry and Michael an amazing, amazing gift. The gift of a family. You guys are epic. =)
    -Ariel

    1. I agree, Ariel.
      You all are amazing, Hanna!! Adopting is such a sweet thing- you give a child a home for life, a family forever, and love that grows with every new day.
      Thank you for doing what you do, sweet girl. Miss you!
      Jaidyn Elise

  2. AGREED, CERRA. I HAVE NO CLUE IF I HAVE EVER SAID THIS ON HERE OR NOT BUT I WANT TO SEE HENRY IN PERSON SOOOOOO BAD!!!!!! I bet he is such a little sweet-heart. =)
    -Jaidyn Elise

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