Just Some Thoughts...

Sitting in my hotel room in Midland, Texas allows time for reflection. Today at work I began talking with a teacher about adoption. She asked a funny question, "Can you love a child that is adopted the same as one that you give birth too?" Well, I can...I have never given birth to a child. But I know my love for Emme is deep, is true, and will always remain. I can't imagine that I would love her any differently had I given birth to her.

As I have pondered that question, I began looking on pinterest about adoption. I found a few quotes...Adoption is a mircle:

“A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of divine agency,” (Scott Simon).

I know that our Heavenly Father's hand played a divine role in getting Emme into our home. There was no real reason for CSS to allow the adoption to take place. The fact that Kayla, Emme's birth mom, walked into that agency just days after we had given them our profile and not weeks or months before. Kayla picked our profile, and it all happened within just a few weeks. If there are procedures to adoption we broke everyone of them...and it worked because Emme was meant to be in our home.

"If a mom and dad can love more than one child, why can't a child be loved by more than one mom and dad"

I know that Emme is love by her birth parents. Not only her birth parents, but her Grandma (Kayla's mom) and the rest of their family. Although they are not directly invovled in Emme's life she will know of them, of the love they have for her, and the amazing selfless act of allowing us to raise her will never be forgotten. Emme is loved and will always be loved.

I may have not given birth to Emme, but I love her just the same.

Adoption the greatest joy for the adoptive family and the greatest sacrifice for the birth family. We are forever indept to Kayla and all those that are supporting her through what must have been a difficult choice.