The obvious blessing of the adoption journey is the child or children you bring into your hearts and family. But there are so many others, and I am afraid they are often overlooked. Today I want to talk about some of them.
Above is a picture of adorable Matryoshka necklaces. A very talented young woman, who lives down the road from us, made them. She made the necklace below (and several more like it with all different parts of the world represented -- click on the pics to check them out). She does jewelry parties and makes customizable pieces -- and gives ALL of the money away -- to help orphans land in families.
We had a little boy hand us a sandwich baggie full of change this week. That baggie of change (and dollars) blessed me more than I could have ever imagined. He told me his mom showed him a picture of our little girl on facebook and that he prayed for her. WOW. What an amazing young man.
A woman we've never met in person who lives a solid day's drive away from us hosted a jewelry party last night to help us get closer to bringing our girl home. She has prayed for our girl for long before we ever found her. Our sweet angel has an angel of her own.
The beauty of this journey is that we are not walking it alone. We are walking it with people we know, people we know in passing, and people we've never met. When we started this journey, I had no way of knowing that one of my dearest friends would come out of it (that was last adoption!), or how many people (this adoption) would step forward to offer encouragement and love. It is awesome.
The beauty of this journey is that we are not walking it alone. We are walking it with people we know, people we know in passing, and people we've never met. When we started this journey, I had no way of knowing that one of my dearest friends would come out of it (that was last adoption!), or how many people (this adoption) would step forward to offer encouragement and love. It is awesome.
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