mortiz007

Someone is turning six years old this week.  As birthdays are usually a time of joy and celebration for most, they can be a time of mixed feelings for those who are adopted.  We enter this week knowing we truly don't even know the day she came into this world and that the day was met with the most uncertain circumstances.  We can only speculate what happened for the next month, but we know  her mother gave her life and then made a selfless, life changing decision in HOPE of her receiving medical care.  A decision that would eventually lead this sweet girl to us.  Huahua would endure the next 2.5 years of hardships in an orphanage.  Things we will never know and memories she will never forget. Things that would form her into a resilient, yet so dependent, scared little soul.  My heart cries or her because I was not there from the beginning.  A mother's instinct is to protect her from the pain, the suffering, the losses, but then her story woul...

Christmas time.....we can all get overwhelmed with parties, shopping and all the commercialized things we are bombarded by.  As I sit typing this from a hospital room, (a few days ago) I am reminded of all the things to be thankful for.  First and foremost..... the reason we have Christmas is because CHRIST came to be our Lord and savior, to pay the penalty for our sins.  In that belief,  My life and story comes from.  It stems from his goodness to me.  This year has not been a seamless year of joy and laughter, but of His faithfulness abounds in every turn.   We entered into another adoption process April 1 and on Sept 19 we were united with our seventh child. Yes, a mere five months. Every financial need (from clothes for him & plane tickets to agency & orphanage fees) was met at just the right time, confirming this was from the Lord.  The more we give of ourselves, the more He provides.  The more selfless we are, the more at peace ...