Just a Thought

As many of you know November is National Adoption Month. It is such an honor for me to announce that on November 16th, 7 days prior to Alexander being home for a full year - he will legally be ours! I am so thankful that the Lord gave me this beautiful child and love him more then I ever could have imagined. While I am thrilled with this adoption November is a sad month for me. Alexander is a success story for everyone involved but there are so many children out there that are just waiting. I understand that not everyone is called to adopt and I respect that, but I ask that you look in your heart, pray and ask the Lord if this could be for you. You may be surprised at His answer!
That all being said I want to share with you what has really been on my heart lately. While there are hundreds of thousands of kids in the system waiting to be adopted, I think back to California about the kids that are not waiting for someone to come and take them home. Every time I visited Alexander in his nursing home in California I saw the same 4 parents each visit. Yes! Four! Were there only a hand full of kids in his facility you ask? NO! I cannot say the number of kids there, probably around 35. What is really on my heart is these children that have been born "sick" and are dumped in a nursing care facility because the parents are too scared to take care of them. Guess what? I don't buy it! You do not want to be inconvenienced that is all there is to it  period. Those of you that know anything about Alexander know that he has several medical issues, many of which can become fatal at any moment. Now I understand that not everyone is comfortable with that kind of child, I respect that. However, what excuse can be used not to visit your child?? The nurses and doctor are there if a problem arises. Inconvenience that is the problem. Here is my sincere plea to you - while there are way more kids out there then there are homes, if you selfishly do not put your child up for adoption people like me will never know they exist. If you are too scared, busy, selfish or whatever else to be a parent because your child did not come out perfect (who is perfect anyway), voluntarily terminate your rights so that child has a fighting chance at finding its true parents. I honestly could sit here and list the children in Alexander's nursing home that I went and sat with, read to, played with, prayed over because their parents were never anywhere around. Guess what you are NOT a parent! It is my opinion that these so called parents should have neglect charges pressed against them. Yes I know their children are safe and taken care of, but what they need is to be loved on and given a family. You should be ashamed of yourselves! I pray that the Lord will instill in you the right decision to make regarding your child but even more importantly I pray that by the grace of God your child will not know the kind of coward you are!