In therapy, Little Buddy did some crafts and one was this beautiful necklace. If you look closely there are four hearts, two larger and two smaller. He proudly told me that was Daddy, me, him and sister.
My son asked his dad to take him to get some flowers for me the other day. He picked out the gaudiest arrangement. But then he showed me how each flower represented a specific someone in our family and I thought it was the prettiest thing ever. :)
An ongoing tale of our most excellent (and terrifying) adventure yet.. adoption via foster care. This is a journey Darling Husband and I started with Nantie ("Nanny-Auntie" - a blessing from above) in 2007. Although she moved in 2010, we miss her dearly and so appreciate all she did while here.
We also have a herd of rescued canines, fear the Lord and laugh a lot.
August, 2011: Seven amazing placements and a week after we were told LittleBuddy and SweetPea were available for us to adopt, my husband passed away unexpectedly.
April, 2012: I had the honor of adopting my darling 7 year old son (Little Buddy) and 3 1/2 year old sister (SweetPea). I awoke the following day a 40something, widowed single mommy... and couldn't of been happier.
In 1999, a year after my own mother passed away I found out I, myself, was an adopted county baby. Life has some ironic twists but we all seem to come Full Circle
This is our story.
Our Inner Circle
OUR PLACEMENTS ~
Nov 2010 ~ APRIL, 2012 (ADOPTION DAY!) "Little Buddy" ~ 6 years old & "SweetPea" ~ his 22 month old sister
Feb 2010 to May 2010 "JuneBug" ~ 2 year old Princess
Aug 2009 to October 2009 "Mannie" ~ 3 1/2 years old & "Little Miss Sunshine" ~ his 6mo old sister
Jan 2009 to Aug 2009 "Jack" ~ 4 1/2 years old & "Jill" ~ Jack's twin sister
THE REST OF US:
Melissa: Yours Truly
DH: Darling Husband (Rest In Peace, My Love) Nantie: Lived with us and watched the kiddos until June '10 Elvis: Nantie's Heartthrob Gramsie: MIL Big Daddy/GramPapa: FIL Missy: Auntie MooMoo ~SIL/Best Friend Uncle Kiwi: BIL from NZ/Missy's Hubby Bren : BFF Kadi : Darling Cousin
8 comments:
That is so sweet!
What a heart melter that is! He sounds like a really sweet boy.
How sweet!
My son asked his dad to take him to get some flowers for me the other day. He picked out the gaudiest arrangement. But then he showed me how each flower represented a specific someone in our family and I thought it was the prettiest thing ever. :)
I *bigpuffyheart* this post and this necklace. Behind each of those hearts is a world of healing.
Yay for all of you!
Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Little Buddy has come so far. What a beautiful necklace.
Ohhh!......Precious!
How sweet! Have you entered our adoption necklace giveaway?
http://foster2forever.com/2011/04/adoption-giveaway.html
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