Wednesday, February 2, 2011

On this day in history.......

On February 2, 2003, a very special little girl came into our family's life. She was a perfect child, just right for the mission she was sent to this earth to fulfill. You see, she was only going to spend a short time with us before she moved on to another family, complete with a mom and dad, who had been waiting for a very long time for her. Although she only got to spend a short amount of time with us, her impact is that of a lifetime. During those few days, we put a lifetime of love into this little soul and soaked up the wonder of her. She is now with her mom and dad and I am sure she is their most cherished posession - after all, she was one of ours.

Today is a wonderful yet a very tough day as we think back to the feelings we had 7 years ago. It is my wish that all children in this world are in a place where they can feel the love of all of the adults around them.

Great parents make tough decisions every day. I honor my daughter who made one of the toughest decisions of her life when she brought this precious soul into the world and then placed her in the hands of wonderful, loving parents.

My Child, Their Child
This is my child
Yes she is not mine
My flesh and blood, but their sweat and tears
She carries my genes, yet will be shapred by their personalities
She lives strong in my heart, but her heart feels for them
She lives in my fantasies, my dreams
Yet she's their dream come true, their beautiful and precious reality
I gave her life, with which she made theirs whole
I learned so much to love her, that I let her go
My child, their child - it doesn't make sense
Yet at the same time
My child, my dream for her to have better than I could give
Their child, their dream, to give her better than I could give
My child, so painful, the hurt caused by her leaving, so much grieving
Yet a world full of happiness in their receiving
--Heather Corcoran-Schneider

Monday, January 24, 2011

An overnighter with Nana.

On Friday, Michelle's 3 kids got to come and spend the night with Nana (Austin, Andrew, and Danielle). We had fun watching Toy Story 3 and How to Train your Dragon. The boys were really good and so was Danielle. When it was bedtime, I put Danielle in the bed I'd made her in the office, left Andrew in my bed (so I'd have a place to sleep) and Austin went in and crawled in the bed I'd made him in the living room out of a queen sized blow-up mattress. Silly me - about 20 minutes after he'd gone in to bed and I assumed he was asleep, he comes walking back into the kitchen where I was drying apples and told me he wanted to go to sleep in Nana's bed. So, off he went, crawled into my bed and fell fast asleep. Well, when it was time for me to go to bed, I realized that with 2 small boys in the bed, even a king sized one wasn't going to hold all 3 of us comfortably. So, nana settled in for a long winter's nap in the loveseat in my room so the boys would be comfortable and I could get some sleep. Danielle ended up on the loveseat sometime during the night with me and we all slept peacefully after!

It was a good time.