Monday, March 12, 2018

Knit Together By Adoption- Day 1

Big picture

I’m participated in a daily writing prompt by #knittogetherbyadoption for the month of November. The big picture of our adoption could be #oneless orphan- one little girl living in a rural orphanage in China being plucked among the thousands of children, each deserving the love of a family. We uprooted her world- yes for something better- but still brought about much trauma and grief for such a tiny little thing. She came to us with hollow eyes, a whisper of theperson she would become. Within days, life was beginning to peek out- her easy grin and adorable dimples would flash at her daddy. Her eyes slowly sparkled as she began to accept the idea of permanent. She was safe. She was loved. She belonged. The big picture is a life changed forever. Don’t get me wrong- while her resting face is now one of peace and contentment and belonging, there are still moments of uncertainty. Three years of being adrift and unknown take a long time to undo. Her eyes grow distant and she slips away from me. Our true big picture is that we will work every day for the rest of our lives to prove to her that she is loved, chosen, wanted. She may push back against that every day for the rest of hers but we will, by God’s grace, remain steadfast in this endeavor. And another glimpse of the big picture is that there are hundreds of thousands of children, just like her who are waiting for someone to choose them. Adoption is not easy work but it is the most worthwhile. Redemption - even when it is merely a shadow of God’s greater redemption- is always breathtaking. The beauty and the broken, so complexly intertwined.

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