Details.... part one.

We did not arrive at the decision to adopt easily, quickly, or

without much thought, soul-searching and prayer.

We became aware of  "Janie" through Reece's Rainbow (RR),

an advocacy site for special needs orphans around the world. http://reecesrainbow.org/.

It was close to Christmas and RR was trying to help raise awareness for these special children.  RR created a grant fund on "Janie's" page to help cover some of the expenses of adoption, which would hopefully help her adopting family more readily commit to moving forward.  We donated to "Janie's" fund, with the hope that a family would come forward.  And take her home.  And give her love.  And make her their own daughter.

No one came forward.

A few months passed.  

I walked to the mailbox one January afternoon and there was a package.  

(this is our Annabelle looking at the snow we got one January day)

A Christmas ornament.  

A picture of "Janie" on the ornament.  

This darling baby.

 Still  precious.

 Still waiting.

Christmas was over,

but in my hand was a little reminder

that this sweet baby did not have a family.  

Her second Christmas had come and gone...

without a mama.

Yet... what could I do?

“If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them.” James 4:17