Every year at this time, and days in between, I get melancholy. Refer to my previous post as to why.
I love this picture of Brittany and her baby girl. I call her "our baby girl" because we have shared her with a wonderful family who is raising her well and in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This picture takes me back to those days, 3 years ago, when our family literally had to cocoon ourselves together away from the pointing fingers and verbal assaults upon our daughter and our family. This picture reminds me of the special time we got to spend with a very special daughter of our Heavenly Father. She was brought here for a purpose, even if that purpose was to touch our lives for a time, and leave us.
This picture reminds me of the great and quiet sacrifice of a young mother.
This picture reminds me of the great love our Father in Heaven and our Savior, Jesus Christ has for all of his children.
My daughter, and her daughter, continue to bring much joy into my heart and into my life. I love the quiet moments I have with my daughter when we talk about "our baby girl".
This picture reminds me of a saying I know. I don't know who said it, "Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay a while, make footprints on our hearts and we are never, ever the same."
I am forever changed.
2 years ago
6 comments:
You and Brit are wonderful and I'm grateful even more that I am not part of that group that pointed fingers. I know that she is a great blessing to her families and I'm sad that "certain" people didn't learn from it.
Love you guys!
Challenges really tug at the heart strings. I love you all.
By way of introduction - I'm Lee's cousin :)
I cannot even begin to imagine the feelings you and your daughter and family must go through. I can however say, as a mother who could only be a mother because of an amazing young woman such as your daughter, I am forever grateful. Words cannot express the love I have for our son's birth mother and family. In my opinion, birth mothers (and their families) are walking angels on this earth and deserve nothing but love and respect for the difficult, but loving choice that they made. Finger-pointers and those that stand in judgment only show the world their true ignorance. If they truly understood adoption and the reasons why! Even though we have never met, just knowing the decisions that have been made in her past - she has to be one amazing young woman!!
LOVE to you always! Life certainly has its marks of footprints...
Speechless and crying...THANK YOU!!!
Okay, now I'm bawling too! Beautiful picture, beautiful family you are!
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