My Mind Is Not Here Today

Today Ebaby is a big whopping 8 months old. Where does the time go? hehe

Happy Birthday to my sweet little girl. I pray that you have a wonderful day. I pray that you continue to giggle & smile at everything & everyone around you. I look forward to the days when we can celebrate with you, here in your home. I can't wait to hear your laugh light up this house (which we need today!!!!!) Hopefully on your next celebration you will be a Morris & we will get to give you the biggest birthday kiss you can imagine. It won't be long now sweetie. Just hold on a little longer. Mama & Daddy's coming............

My mind is so many miles away, in a care center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. My mind is on that sweet little girl. My mind wonders about all the children there. Why are they there? Who is taking care of them? What caused them to need to be adopted?
No, I am not the kind of person that believes adoption is the answer for all. In fact, I hate that reality that adoption must exist. I wish we could live in a perfect world where every child had a mom & dad to raise them in a loving home. But, I know that isn't the reality that we live in. I do support programs that offer solutions to help existing families make it here on this earth. But, I do understand that there isn't always a solution. And, so we adopt. I can not even begin to fathom what all these children have gone through. But, I hope we as parents can ease their pain a little for their future. No, I am not naive enough to think that the road will be perfect & rosey for the rest of our lives. I know we will have hardships & I know we will have a lot of questions that will never be fully answered here in our home, just like so many other adoptive families. But I do know that suffering brings about character. I know that we will all get through that together. I love my children, ALL my children, and that is the hope that I am clinging to today.