We Love Lucy: Adoption

Here is a little history. Stuart and I were 100% not on the same page when it came to how many children we would have. He was done after #2 and I was perfectly OK with never being pregnant again but I had always wanted to adopt. He was never interested in adoption so I didn't really push the subject. If we were to ever adopt a child I didn't want to talk him in to it. Fast forward five years and he decided he wanted more children. Adoption was then an option. I will honestly say that when I would look at databases and child search sites I would never check that we would accept a child with developmental delays or behavior issues. We didn't walk in to the adoption world seeking a special needs child, it just so happens that the child we fell in love with has a special need. When it came down to it, we were willing to be open to whatever God had planned for our lives.

Enter - An adoption ministry that raises awareness for orphans with special needs. They also collect money to establish grants for children listed in hopes of lessening the financial burden of adoption. I had visited the web-site over the past two years and prayed for the children listed and donated to several grants. In April, I was scrolling through the sea of faces with an aching heart and I stopped on a little girl with a pink and blue outfit on. Her hair was sticking straight up and I looked into the eyes of my daughter. I have looked at hundreds of kids waiting for families and I had never experienced the feeling of "this is your daughter-go get her." I showed her picture to Stuart and after a month of soul searching, a lot of praying, and endless research we decided that she was indeed our daughter. We committed to her the end of April and we were happily buried in a mountain of paperwork.