Our kids have known from early on that they are adopted. We decided from the beginning that we would tell them their adoption story starting when they were even too young to understand. So at about six months of age we started telling each one their adoption story. We make it short and fun ....like the part where we got pulled over by a policeman and almost got a ticket. I always act like a speeding maniac while telling that part of the story and I have a pretty good impression of a siren that is usually loud and very annoying but Mitchell loves it every time.
We tell them where we were when we got "the call" and how we rushed around like crazy people dropping things and doing insane things like accidentally buying a baby card in Spanish. We talk about what it was like to see them for the first time. And then we get to explain to them that God very purposefully created them inside another woman's body knowing that she would make a loving decision to allow them to be adopted into our family. That before they were even born God knew and planned for them to be with us. This was God's sovereign plan and how awesome it is to be a part of that. My prayer is that they will always view their adoption as part of God's perfect plan and nothing less.
Friday, May 22, 2009
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I feel like I should say that I certainly don't feel like telling your child early on like we did is the ONLY way to share about their adoption. It's just the way we chose to go about it.
I LOVE how you tell them and describe it. I think they will grow up with such a strong sense of your love for them and that God is at work in their life -- even from day 1!!
Oh Melody, that is so beautifully put! That is similar to what we told Emily. The words we told Em might have been a tad different, but the meaning was the same. And all of it is so true, God meant for us to get our kids the way we got them!
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