I have been thinking lately what a wonderful blessing it is to be a mother, and how grateful I am to the women who gave birth to my children, and the loving sacrifice that they made so we could have the privelege of raising two amazing children. Words are inadequate to truly express the feelings of my heart. I found the words to a song by Michael McClean that he wrote after talking to a young birthmother, I really like the last phrase of the song - "From God's arms, to my arms, to yours." From my heart to theirs thank you so much!
If you choose to tell him,
If he wants to know,
How the one who gave him life
Could bear to let him go.
Just tell him there were sleepless nights,
I prayed and paced the floors,
And knew the only peace I'd find,
Was if this child was yours.
And maybe, you could tell your baby,
When you love him so, that he's been loved before,
By someone, who delivered your son,
From God's arms, to my arms, to yours.
If he wants to know,
How the one who gave him life
Could bear to let him go.
Just tell him there were sleepless nights,
I prayed and paced the floors,
And knew the only peace I'd find,
Was if this child was yours.
And maybe, you could tell your baby,
When you love him so, that he's been loved before,
By someone, who delivered your son,
From God's arms, to my arms, to yours.
-Michael McClean
Andrew 3 1/2 weeks
Laura 3 1/2 weeks
"It has been said that adoption is more like a marriage than a birth: two (or more) individuals, each with their own unique mix of needs, patterns, and genetic history, coming together with love, hope, and commitment for a joint future. You become a family not because you share the same genes, but because you share love for each other."
-Joan McNamara
1 comments:
Birthparents are amazing people! Laura is so cute with all that dark hair.
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