I love to think about the things I didn't know when I wrote a post. I didn't know we were going to adopt more children when I wrote this post. If you could look into my heart at the time, you would have seen a woman very closed to adopting older children. Five months later our daughters, Hannah (age 6) and Stephanie (age 4) came home and we became a forever family.
October 10, 2007
Finally home. Finally together. After more than
two weeks of missing Dad, he was finally home. And even though it was
past bedtime and the day had been long with no nap, they still took the time to
sit together and play.
The gifts from Peru
melted my heart. He took the time to find something special for our
son. Something unique. Something that would remind him of the
children in Peru. And, most importantly, he took the time to sit down and
play.
Even now, months
after his return, these two can be found nightly making music with the gifts
from Peru. And he can be found daily praying for the orphans in Peru and
around the world.
The man in the photo
was changed when he returned. He had seen the world and was empowered to
change it. And although he knew it before, he is even more
determined to let that change begin at home — with himself; with his son; with
his family. And who knows, maybe someday he will impact the world in big
ways for kids without homes across the globe.
I see now that this
photo isn’t about the gifts you see a man giving his son, but the gifts
you don’t see. The gifts of time and patience and unconditional love
and caring for others. These are the gifts that will change the
world for the better.
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