Yesterday, one of my favorite cousins Bob, and his wife Cathy (they are from Upstate New York) came to visit, with their three new daughters! Bob and Cathy have been married for years, perfectly happy with their yellow labs and spontaneous lifestyle…until earlier this year, when something changed and their desire to parent kicked in. They bypassed conception, pregnancy and uterine contractions. Instead they flew, several times, to Russia, where they began adoption procedures to adopt not one, but three little sisters! They are now the proud parents of 5 year old twins, Anastasia and Albina, and littlest sister Viktoria who is in preschool. These smiling, singing, twirling little girls are happy and healthy and crazy about their ‘Poppa and Momma.’
Visiting with this darling family of five made me stop to think about all the adoptive families I know. Whether it is an international or domestic adoption, the sacrifice and investment and dedication required to be successful is astronomical. Adoption is always expensive, financially as well as in time and energy. And it can be painful; the searching, waiting, hoping and praying; that it will happen and that it will work out…
Big applause to all adoptive families who have persisted and sacrificed and bottom line: provided homes and hugs and new lives for so, so many children.
You are heroes!
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