Longer than normal.....

I try to post MOSTLY pictures on this blog. I figure most of you aren't too interested in reading my ramblings. However, today something is heavy on my heart. JP has been very congested this weekend, so I kept him home from church. While Scott was gone and JP was playing, I read a book on adoption miracles. I have had it forever, but it was just on "display" on my bookshelf. I decided to dust it off and open it.

WOW....just one of the many words I can use to describe it. I read the entire thing! (It's not that long.) Anyway, the book is a compilation of personal stories of families who have adopted. When I finished, I was reminded of just how important adoption is to God. The way He brings lost little children into loving homes is AMAZING! I feel sure that the majority of people who follow this blog feel the same way I do. Having said that, believe it or not, there are those who do not understand. Over the past few weeks comments have been made to me that, once upon a time, would have offended me and hurt my feelings. Only now, it just makes me feel sorry for them. I will share one....

A couple of months ago, someone asked me if I was "ready to have a baby." I thought she meant ANOTHER baby. She didn't. She said, "Oh, I know you adopted JP, but don't you and Scott want to begin your family by having your own?" Now, again, the pre pick-up-trip Andrea would have become a slobbering idiot and probably hit her. The "now that JP's home" Andrea shed tears for a different reason. How sad! It's no secret that one day in the future Scott and I would like to adopt again. Will we have natural children....who knows! Who cares!

SOAPBOX: There are children all over the world and in the United States who are homeless or worse, in homes being abused. So, in an attempt to answer the ignorant woman's ridiculous question....."will I have my "own" children?" Maybe. BUT how can I NOT adopt??? Too many babies and children need our help and our home!!! They need love and my Bible tells me to give it to them!

In the closing of this book, the author tells a story (that we've all probably heard) of the little girl who was walking down the beach picking up starfish and throwing them back into the ocean. Her dad looks at her and says, "Honey, why bother, you'll never be able to save them all." She looks at the starfish in her hand and says, "Yeah, but I can save this one."

That's how I think of adoption. I wish I had the resources to "save" a lot more children, but for now, JP's enough for me!! After reading that book, I just held him. Praise God for the awesome opportunity He gave me to adopt!