I really want to believe that when our Quiet Waters kids wake up in the middle of the night, scared, they’ll remember being in their bunks with John and Kate and Whit and me right there protecting them,” he said. “I hope we gave them that sense of belonging because I know there’ll be times in their lives when grasping at those bonds could mean the difference between making it and not.
Laura Anderson KurkTag: fear love children romance religion faith dating anxiety protection adoption ya young-adult-fiction orphan orphanage teen-fiction wyoming glass-girl henry-whitmire meg-kavanagh laura-anderson-kurk perfect-glass nicaragua teen-literature
You understand. I don't know. I am not sure how I would feel in your shoes. My mother wanted me.
Donna K. ChildreeTag: adoption adventure-stories coming-of-age-novel the-wayward-gifted
You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit.
Donna K. ChildreeTag: mothers adoption dysfunctional-families adopted-kids dysfunctional-family the-wayward-gifted
If you should choose to look at those files, you will have to live with the consequences of your choices while, at the same time, being mindful that these choices will not only effect you, but will also infect, sorry, I intended to say effect, our entire family.
Donna K. ChildreeTag: mothers family-relationships adoption dysfunctional-families dysfunction adoption-search
Justification has so dominated the landscape of Christian thought that adoption has been marginalized. We don't hear much about our adoption at all. We hear a lot about forgiveness, but very little about the staggering reality of our inclusion in Jesus' relationship with his Father in the Spirit.
C. Baxter KrugerWell, just remember this. When my ma got me, she picked what she wanted. But when your ma got you, she had to take what she got.
Karen AbbottAnyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it's incredible and surprising.
Nia VardalosTag: adoption
Because now I know what I have been waiting for. I know exactly why the other processes didn't work. I know I was supposed to wait for this little girl.
Nia VardalosTag: adoption
I am so touched at how my family has embraced my situation. They don't even know this child, and they already love her.
Nia VardalosTag: adoption
I hold my daughter in my arms and thank God for bringing her to me. If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. I know now why all those events happened. Or didn't happen. So I could meet this little girl. She is, in every way, my daughter. I am carrying my Funny Gift from God and all is good.
Nia VardalosTag: adoption
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