4 years ago…
We had been home study approved.
We had a crib.
We had 2 failed adoptions.
We had a little girl who just wanted a sibling.
We had hope.
Today….
We have a beautiful, special little boy.
We have a hospital bed.
There will be no more children.
We have a little girl who has the most empathetic, sincere heart that I have ever seen on a child.
We have hope.
People ask, “how do you do it?”
—You just do.
They say, “If you knew what you know now, would you do it again?”
—In a heartbeat.
Not because I like being the mother to a child with multiple medical needs.
But because, he has changed me. He has changed those around us. There is more love. More empathy. More understanding. More education. I don’t want to be the person I was before he was my son.
Inspire hope.