In case you are ever tempted....
Please don't..ask us if we are REALLY going through with this...Do you think we would have spent a year of paperwork, sanity, income and prayer...if we weren't??
Please don't....ask us if we "know what we are getting into"....We had no clue what we were getting into when we decided to have our first biological Son, so this time is no different...
Please don't... ask us WHY we are adopting...It's none of your business...well, sorry...OK..I'll be a little more polite..Because we WANT to....
Please don't ....ask us if we are going to "Americanize" her...I don't even know what the hell that means..but I've been asked...
Please don't....ask how we are going to explain to her that she is adopted. That is a private matter that will happen between her and us.
Please don't...ask how our Boys are going to "cope". Seriously?? We have 2 of the most well-adjusted, loving, selfless kids I have even met. We've got this handled.
And please don't...tell us.."Wow, that's noble of ya'll. I couldn't raise somebody else's child"....Great. It's probably best you don't adopt then...
But
Please Do....treat our little girl JUST as you would treat our 2 Boys.
Please Do.....see her as the miracle that she is. A child left to be found, nurtured, CHOSEN and loved.
Please Do......tell my Boys when you see them what amazing Big Brothers they are.
Please Do......pray for us as a family, that her bonding and attachment may come quickly and with ease.
Please Do.....give us time to adjust as a family. We will call less, get out less, socialize less. We may even be a little "snippy". But we promise, it's just for awhile, as we adjust to our new normal.
And most importantly...Please Do.....Pray for ALL of the children, of all ages, all over the world , that don't know the love of a family...
