HopelessHoper

I found myself sitting there, smiling , trying to hold back the old sobby, mixed up “happy for you, but sad for me” tears as I watched someone I’ve loved since the day I met her announce her pregnancy.  I love this moment for her, her hubby, for all of us.  Her announcement means new life in our family… a miracle, as every conceiving of new life is, and a new generation to bless all of us, an answer to prayer that there would be no struggle for this special one to realize her

I wrote this first in Spring 2007, trying to figure out how to really celebrate Mothers Day  in the Church, a place which should feel like the most safe and inclusive place on the planet but doesn’t for many.  How can we NOT recognize the blessing of mothers, many who selflessly give up all for the people they love.  How can we NOT celebrate that God, who in his infinite creative wisdom, gave humans the chance to share in the wonder of being part-creator alongside Him.  How c

Here I was, all set today to finally pull myself up and talk about the good things that adoption has brought to my life. It is Adoption Awareness Month after all. It’s hard though to do that, because I feel so much like walking on eggshells because so many are grieving their losses in adoption right now. And I respect that. Acknowledge that. I have been enjoying the posts of many parents who speak so eloquently about the children they are blessed to parent because of adoption