You Know You're An Adoptive Parent IF...
1. The fact that there are 147 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has made you lose sleep.
2. You realize DNA has nothing to do with love & family.
3. You can't watch Adoption Stories on TLC without tears.
4. The fact that, if 7% of Christians adopted 1 child there would be no orphans in the world, is convicting to you.
5. You spend free time surfing blogs about families who've experienced the blessing of adoption.
6. It drives you crazy when people ask you about adopted child's "real" parents.
7. You were "pregnant" with your adoptive child longer than it takes an elephant to give birth (2 years! - oh lets hope this isn't the case for us!!)
8. You'd no idea how you'd afford to adopt, but stepped out in faith anyway, knowing He'd provide (He has!)
9. You have (want to) taken an airplane half-way around the world to meet your child
10. You believe God's heart is for adoption.
11. You realize that welcoming a child into your heart & family is one of the most important legacies you could ever leave on this earth.
12. You know what the word "Dossier" means & you can actually pronounce it correctly!
13. You've welcomed a social worker into the most private parts of your life.
14. You shudder when people say your child's so lucky that you adopted them, knowing full well you're the blessed one to have him or her in your life.
Borrowed from the Blog: http://celebratingchaos.blogspot.com/
LOVE this! I might copy and use this sometime in a blog post !
ReplyDeleteI love this and so true. Thank you for sharing.
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Amy
this is great!! Yes, yes, this is me Lord, I have no doubt. And yet I must wait, my waiting is even before my "adoption" waiting. Hubbie's next job promotion (praise) is right around the bend, no certain timeline, must wait to see where (AL, GA, MS) to order homestudy.
ReplyDeleteMelissa, if you haven't already, the Turley's in Uganda have a new post and I'll bet you've seen the new website for www.lovingheartsbabies.com
It is so wonderful. My hearts just gets so excited for you, knowing that I might be looking into the face of your child, a precious child that the Lord has chosen for you since before he/she was formed. Please know that we are praying soooo fervently for all Ugandan adoptions and out of chaos the Lord will work an even better/smoother process for all the orphans of Uganda that he's chosen for adoption. Love in Christ--
Perfect- and so true! :0)
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