Heartaches and Healing

I think when a child loses a parent it creates a whole in their heart. But when a parent loses a child it is a very different type of lose. This past Saturday both happened. My grandmother who is a sunny 96 and my sister and I suffered the loss of my dad. While we know the choice was the right one, it doesn’t make the loss any easier. 

This has really brought me back to the journey for adoption we are on. It’s not just our journey, it our families journey and it’s the birth families as well. No matter what the right choice is, it doesn’t make it any easier. Watching my grandmother over the last few days work through her grief has opened my eyes and shown me how brave the families of the children they have chose to place in adoption are. While my heart breaks that my dad will never meet a child, it is only part of the process. You are brave. I am brave. We fight everyday for what is best. And while it may be the most difficult thing we ever do, we stay brave.