Adoption, no matter what, has unspeakable loss at its heart. There is absolutely no getting around that. The five years Neica has been with us is the longest period of time she has ever been in the same house with the same family. My thoughts and feelings around this truth are still too difficult to speak. But God, in His beautiful Love and Mercy, really really is working ALL things together for good.
This business of adoption/soul healing is exhausting. When we finally got Lenia home, three plus years after meeting her, I had no illusions about the work we faced, just as I had none when our biological children were born. After all, I am a pediatrician, right? In both cases, it turns out having wide open eyes and no […]
I have another child. She is a sweet, complicated 13/14 year old girl who is in many ways like a newborn. She requires near constant care and supervision, and she cannot (or perhaps, will not) communicate what she is thinking or feeling. We went shopping today. I bought her a bunch of clothes and Maggie […]