It was so very sweet...

Adoption is an amazing process. We are adopted into God's family when we make that decision to accept Christ as our saviour. We adopt traditions and make them our own. And children are adopted through the huge sacrifice of a birth mother and father. Hayden and Reece are my two darling, adopted grandsons; that dynamic duo are in Disneyworld right now. We are forever indebted to two birth moms for entrusting their sons to Chris and Christa as their adoptive parents.

Sunday, Katie and I got to meet Nora, another of my eight grandchildren, who we had not seen since she was 18 months old and it was so sweet. I was with Katie when she gave birth to Nora and now I got to be here for this meeting. Nora is now nine, coming up on ten in May and a beauty. Nerves gripped all of us as walked up the sidewalk but smiles and hugs all around put everyone at ease. Nora has been adopted into the perfect family for her, their love for each other very apparent. Saying grace before we ate was especially great, me sitting between Nora's grandma Betty and Nora's sister, Samantha, Katie next to Nora across the table. We know this evening is not going to be repeated again for probably a long time but it filled some gaps for each of us. Sweet, bittersweet.