I cannot believe how one little child, discarded by her society, can turn around and bring people from all over the world together! When we first began our journey to bring Carrington home all we had were stories and pictures from our friend Stephanie as to what she looked like and how she was doing. Stephanie told me how her heart would break each time she would go to visit her son and see Carrington left alone all day with no attention or love. That all changed the day Brian and I landed in her country and came to see her. You see, the care givers could not understand why we would want her. They kept offering us another child who was blond hair, blue eyed and told us "you want this one she is beautiful." We told them "NO" we want her (Carrington) because she is the daughter God picked out for us. While our return home to the United States would not be the welcome party we hoped for because of rushing straight to the hospital, it would be the biggest of blessings. The staff at the hospital told us our sweet little girl had only hours left before her body gave out. God knew. He knew this little girl would save the world of orphans.
From a malnourished and frightened little baby girl (who really was almost 4yrs old).....
My dear friend Sarah started a blog for Carrington and soon this blog would be reaching people all over the world. Messages reached us offering love, encouragement, support and resources. There were several families who would go on to decide, after reading her story, that they too were going to adopt an orphan with special needs. How can a mom explain the feeling of watching her child struggle to live yet at the same time blessing so many with her will and her story?!
To this beautiful ray of sunshine who has brought our family a bountiful of blessings.
As we now enter our adoption journey to bring Teagan home, who is in very similar condition as Carrington was, we know that miracles and events are yet to unfold. Some of these we may not see right now and some we will, but the most important thing is to know that lives of orphans with special needs can find their forever families. Finances, paperwork, worries of how Teagan is doing, all can be overwhelming but we will NOT allow that to stop our family from bringing Teagan home. Once again we are finding love and support from so many we know and then from even more people we have never met in person but have maybe through emails or blogs. No matter where or whom our blessings come from we know they are Heaven sent.
Our sweet angel no longer must struggle to live but just enjoy the love of her family. I see all over that people's minds, beliefs, and attitudes are changing towards individuals with Down syndrome and our family will continue to be blessed to be yet a small part in helping save the world of a orphan with special needs. October is a great month to not only celebrate the cool weather of fall and all of the harvest of fruits and vegetables but it is a spectacular month to celebrate those who have been blessed with an extra 21st chromosome.
3 comments:
Beautiful post, I am so thankful that you continued to blog here and that many lives are being changed because of it.
The difference between then and now is nothing short of beautiful!
Such a lovely post!
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