It's Not About Us

I like to read other people’s blogs who are adopting and see what they are up to, how long the wait has been for them, read to see if I can get any insight into the adoption process and I like to see who they are in the “About Us” section.  The more I think about it, though and when I think about what we’re doing, I’ve realized that it’s not about us.  It’s not about who we are and what we do on a daily basis.  It’s not about how many kids we have and how close together they are or aren’t.  It’s not about how much money we make or don’t.  It’s not about what kind of cars we drive or the clothing we wear. 

It’s not about how big or how small our house is.  It’s not about how big or how little our bank account is.  It’s not about how much money we have saved up or haven’t saved up. 

It’s about what really matters in life.  For us, people matter.  Kids matter.  And, stepping out in faith, not knowing what the future holds, making a difference in a child’s life… that’s what really matters to us.  We also want to share our lives and our home and the great kids that we already have with a child that has never had a mommy or daddy or brothers and a sister.  It’s also about raising awareness of the human trafficking atrocity.  Kids are being trafficked all over the world.  Right here, even in America, kids are being sold into labor and prostitution rings; especially girls.  And, it’s about erasing the stigma that is associated with “special needs”.  Whatever that “special need” is, we want to help raise awareness and educate people.  No matter what skin color, hair color, eye color, hair type, ethnicity, religion, etc… kids want and need to be loved.

Not everyone agrees with us in what we’re doing.  We have had close friends ask why we would want to adopt and why would we want to adopt a child or 2 with special needs.  So my answer is why wouldn’t we?  Why wouldn’t we step out and take a huge leap of faith and risk our comfortable lives to love on a few more kids.  Why wouldn’t we?  After all, it’s not about us.