Adoption to Us
Adoption to us means the life that we live. Both Jonathan and I have experienced what it means to be adopted into a family. I went through days when I felt like I was alone, no one understood me or saw me for who I was. They didn't see my pain or hear the questions I had or understand my true desires or even my love for people and the pain that comes with that.
But God did. God saw me. He heard me. He had a plan for me.
And when He called my named and I finally listened and surrendered to Him, my life changed. And Jonathan's life changed. We both were welcomed into an indescribable love that we didn't know was waiting for us. We were chosen and chased down and sought after so that we could be called into a glorious new life that is now spent serving the very God that we now call Father.
And that is adoption to us. We were brought into a new church family of people who knew what this love is like and helped to show us how to embrace it and endure life with this love.
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And now that we are waiting for God to complete our family, we see the other side of this love. We know what it feels like to choose a child and to love that child with every ounce of love we have. To imagine their face and to think of their smile. And we wait. Because we know that this kind of love is worth waiting for. Its worth fighting for. Its worth all of the ups and downs that the adoption process comes with.
The children that God entrusts us with are already chosen, cherished, and loved
With that being said, this means that our adoption desires are much more fluid. We hope to adopt an infant of any race or gender. We don't care if we will have pink or blue outfits or if we will have curls and hot oil treatments or combs for thin blonde hairs - because all of these small things are just tiny details that we will love regardless. We are overwhelmingly open to special needs adoption including children who are deaf, have hearing impairments, epilepsy, or who have down syndrome. In fact, we are excited for any of these (and more) and look forward to such challenges. Though we know there will be challenges, we ourselves have faced incredible challenges and God has seen us through. So we know with so much certainty that these challenges are not out of God's control, they will be hard but we do not have fear when we consider adjusting to such challenges. We are excited to work out either open, semi-open, or closed adoption - whatever the expectant parents desire. We only partially understand the pain and challenges that come with the adoption process and that there are more than two sides to any story. So, we are open to talking through whatever amount of communication that both expectant parents want. We are currently an active family with New Beginnings Family Adoption Services based in Tupelo, Mississippi. We are so thrilled to be part of this Christian agency and we hope that if you have found us that you will reach out to our agency so they can do what they do best and provide you with the many resources at their disposal!