The mantra in our house seems to be "no news is good news." When we have "no news" at least it means that there is still hope that we can adopt Baby Caleb.
Birth mom is stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. Intellectually she knows that adoption would be the best decision for her and for Caleb, but how does a mom go through that? Emotionally she is having a very hard time accepting it all.
Her case worker is putting some pressure on her to make a decision in the next two weeks, when we believe that Caleb will be released from the hospital.
Many of you have had things to say about the birth mom. Some have said that she is an unfit parent, irresponsible and playing the system. Others have stood up for her, some to a fault. Tonight, Jon and I are standing with her, not knowing how she is feeling, nor the emotions she is going through....AND.....feeling that through prayer that we should pray that the adoption goes through.
Here we are....standing with her, empathizing with her, praying for her, not knowing her pain, and yet....we are praying that she chooses to go through with the adoption.
It is a messy situation....
Because the papers were pulled from the birth mother's county and to refile paperwork in our county....and because she never signed those papers.....we currently cannot go to the hospital. We are working on that....we desperately want to hold that boy in our arms again.
What can you do?
Birth mom is stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. Intellectually she knows that adoption would be the best decision for her and for Caleb, but how does a mom go through that? Emotionally she is having a very hard time accepting it all.
Her case worker is putting some pressure on her to make a decision in the next two weeks, when we believe that Caleb will be released from the hospital.
Many of you have had things to say about the birth mom. Some have said that she is an unfit parent, irresponsible and playing the system. Others have stood up for her, some to a fault. Tonight, Jon and I are standing with her, not knowing how she is feeling, nor the emotions she is going through....AND.....feeling that through prayer that we should pray that the adoption goes through.
Here we are....standing with her, empathizing with her, praying for her, not knowing her pain, and yet....we are praying that she chooses to go through with the adoption.
It is a messy situation....
Because the papers were pulled from the birth mother's county and to refile paperwork in our county....and because she never signed those papers.....we currently cannot go to the hospital. We are working on that....we desperately want to hold that boy in our arms again.
What can you do?
-Fast with us (for a day, or periods of a day)
-Pray for the birth mom. Pray that she makes the best decision for Caleb, that she makes decisions based on facts and not emotions
-Pray for Caleb's health.
-Pray for us, that we would not give up the hope that God has given us
-Pray that she chooses adoption, not as a selfish request, but something we believe God is opening the door too
-Pray for some legal issues that she is going through
-Pray for the birth mom. Pray that she makes the best decision for Caleb, that she makes decisions based on facts and not emotions
-Pray for Caleb's health.
-Pray for us, that we would not give up the hope that God has given us
-Pray that she chooses adoption, not as a selfish request, but something we believe God is opening the door too
-Pray for some legal issues that she is going through
1 comment:
I have just caught up on your blog. What a journey. Full of smiles and heartaches. I'm a Labor and Delivery nurse and see many adoptions. It is a "hard place". I see both sides of the process. I will pray for everyone, for the birth mother, and for your family. It must be such a hard time.
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