Not flesh of my flesh
Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously
My own.
Never forget
For a single minute:
You didn't grow under my heart
But in it.
Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously
My own.
Never forget
For a single minute:
You didn't grow under my heart
But in it.
For us, the opportunity to adopt knocked before we had even considered trying to have a biological child. Although we jumped into foster care and adoption, it is still the best thing we have ever done in our lives to this day. I sometimes forget that I didn't give birth to our daughter or that we got her at 2...it seems like she has always been a part of our lives. If you are considering adoption and would like to talk, I would love to speak with you about it...go ahead and email me. God bless!
THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER.
We adopted her,
but we will NOT be
referring to her as
"our adopted daughter."
She is simply "our daughter".
THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER--
and the niece of her aunts and uncles,
the granddaughter of her grandparents,
the cousin of her cousins,
and the sister of any future children
we add to the family
by biology or adoption.
THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER.
There is no "return policy"
on an adopted child.
The whole idea of adopting
is a lot like marriage.
You make a lifetime
commitment to a person
with no biological
relationship to you.
You promise to "love and cherish"
for "richer, for poorer,
for better, for worse,
in sickness and in health-
as long as we both shall live."
THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER,
and we ARE her real parents.
She has birth parents
(sometimes called
biological parents),
but we are her Mom and Dad,
and always will be.
THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER,
and we love her.
We hope that you will too!
THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER.
~by Jill Work
