Our Sweet Little Girl,
We were so blessed to have you in our lives, even if it was for such a short time. We believe that you have an amazing story and I am thankful we were part of it!
I want you to know how I have seen God work already in your wonderful little life. You were a surprise! I don’t know how your mom came to make the decisions she made, but I am thankful she decided to grow you in her belly and find people to care for you once you were born! I am also thankful that your daddy was able to find you and that he had a passion for you from the start!
While you were growing in your mommy’s belly, we were planning on having more children come into our family. We wanted to take care of someone that didn’t have a mommy or daddy to take care of them. We had to do a lot of work and talk to a lot of Social Workers. During this, we prayed every day that God would place just the right person or people in our family. We had been feeling like we were supposed to talk to the social workers about some ideas God had been placing in our hearts. At first, we only wanted to have a child who was already ready to be adopted. That might have meant that a child would probably have to live in more than one place before joining our family. One the same day, we both felt like we were supposed to offer our home to someone who is still trying to find their biological family. The very next day, the social worker asked us if we would be willing to do JUST THAT! Of course, we said yes. Then, we were worried about taking care of children who might have special needs; Which meant that we had to know that child’s full background before we agreed to bring him or her into our home. We had prayed again, still feeling God’s gentle pulling that something wasn’t right and we came together during a discussion agreeing that we do NOT need to know about the background of a child. If there was a child who needed a home, we had a home for that child. About a week later we got a call about you!
If we had gotten the call any sooner, we might have said no and missed the wonderful blessing that you are! We were told that we might get to adopt you, but that you might have a daddy who was looking for you! We prayed every day that we could adopt you, but that if you had a daddy who was looking for you, that he would be able to find you and care for you forever! We are so thankful that you have a daddy who fought for you and who will take care of you forever! We didn’t know a thing about you, so if we got the call earlier, we might have been worried. How would we know you were so very PERFECT!!! Just a wonderful and beautiful baby girl. Because we didn’t know if anyone had taken care of you, we were extra careful to make sure you were well cared for. We made sure you were monitored at all times. One night, the alarm on your monitor went off that meant you hadn’t been breathing. I jumped up and picked you up right away. You were fine, but I was so thankful for that monitor. I will never know why God chose us to care for you while your daddy was fighting for you, maybe it was just for that one night with the monitor to keep you alive or maybe it was to give you lots of love and care to help you grow until you could go home forever.
For whatever reason He chose, we are thankful that God placed you in our lives. I pray that you and your daddy will enjoy each other. I know your family is going to love you. Forever, I hope you know how much we love you and pray for you. I know that you are very important to God for all of these things to have happened. I hope you know how special you are!
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