Through Adoption Day and Thanksgiving there was one person constantly on my mind. After talking with other adoptive parents, I find that this is often the case. It's almost as if there is an invisible guest present for every major life event. How we deal with this invisible guest can set our children up to fail or succeed.
Our invisible guest has a name. She has a face. She has a story. She has a huge bearing on what we do and how we do it.
She is my children's birth mom.
I knew I would think of her. I had no idea how much I would want to tell her or how often she would be on my mind. When I think of her, I say a prayer for her..that she will make good choices. That she will find Jesus Christ. That she will know how much we love her children.
I'm sad that circumstances caused her to be unable to raise these amazing children. But I will be forever thankful that she made the tough decision to do what was best for them. She, through various agents, asked me to adopt her children.
Thank you, Birth Mom. I am honored.
I still think about my kids birth mother and I know they do too. They also think about all the kids they left behind...and wonder why to all of it.
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