A Mother's Dream

Dear Loved Ones,

God bless you, yours and your ministries this week!

On Mother's Day at church I met Maria who is the adult adopted daughter of my friend Karen. Maria had not been able to attend church before because she is a paraplegic and her van was in need of repair.  Maria is a delightful person with a beautiful smile and we fell into a conversation about art, then she surprised me by telling me that she is able to draw landscapes by holding a pencil in her mouth so we are going to get together to make some art.

At the table with us was Kara who is Maria's beautiful birth daughter. Kara is seven years old and also an artist, so she wants to make art with us too.

One of Karen's other adult daughters, Helena, was there and she is also an artist, so she wants to join in the fun as well.  I always say, "The more the merrier!"

Our conversation turned to adoption and then Karen told me the most incredible true story!  She and her husband were in line to adopt a blue eyed  blond boy and just before the adoption, she had a dream about a dark eyed, dark haired girl who was to be their daughter.  She told her friends about it and they all said she was just overly anxious about the adoption and not to worry about her haunting dream.  So they went through with their adoption and were very happy with their new son.

Six months later Karen received a call from her social worker who said, "I have a Christmas gift for you!" 

Karen replied,  "Well it had better be a girl" (because she came from a family with all brothers.)

When Karen went to look at Maria's file, she started to cry because the girl in the photograph was the girl she saw in her dream!

I can relate to Karen's story because our adoptive son became my son in the instant that I heard his name spoken to me over the phone by our social worker.  I would have laid down my life for him.  We were involved in several other failed adoptions and I never had that feeling for any of the other children. 

God takes a hand in our lives.  Many adoptive parents will agree.

Love, Sue