Adoption

We have a number of friends who have adopted children over the past few years- some from overseas, some from here in the US. Some have been babies, some have been older children, and one set of friends adopted a precious sibling group of three. Some of our friends are in Ethiopia right now to meet and bring home their 4 year old daughter. I am regularly amazed and inspired to see the children learning and growing and loving and thriving in their new homes.

Although my experience is not first hand, it is clear to see that adoption is a long, difficult journey. One woman whom I have never met, but who I like to get a glimpse of the world through her eyes, is Dorothy. She wrote a neat blog post, including a poem that she wrote about a hypothetical conversation with an unadopted child.

To all of my friends who have braved the adoption processes, and pressed on in faith despite all of the unknowns- may God bless your families richly and knit you so tightly together in love, and may His grace be overflowing in your homes.