Lasix No Prescription Overnight - Lowest Prices Guaranteed http://adoptivedads.org/making-idols-of-our-ideals Adoption, Foster Care & Fatherhood Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:58:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Lasix No Prescription Overnight - Lowest Prices Guaranteed http://adoptivedads.org/making-idols-of-our-ideals/comment-page-1#comment-47 Tracey Fields Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:38:10 +0000 http://adoptivedads.org/making-idols-of-our-ideals/#comment-47 When we signed up to do foster care, we only wanted an African American boy. We had two daughters and we wanted something completely different. one of our first calls was for two sisters who were about my girl's ages. My husband felt strongly that we move forward and take the girls b/c "what if our daughters needed a home and a good family wouldn't take them 'because they only wanted a boy". So we did. To make a long story short, the mom became a Christian and she and the girls became a part of our family. They were placed back in her care after 10 months. They joined our church community, the girls were baptized. Now, two years later, they just relocated to live in the same town with us. We love them deeply. Also, we never got the son we dreamed about. The Lord gave us 2 more daughters through adoption and we could not be happier. Sometimes I think that He gives us these "ideas" to make us pray, seek, and persevere. When we signed up to do foster care, we only wanted an African American boy. We had two daughters and we wanted something completely different. one of our first calls was for two sisters who were about my girl’s ages. My husband felt strongly that we move forward and take the girls b/c “what if our daughters needed a home and a good family wouldn’t take them ‘because they only wanted a boy”. So we did. To make a long story short, the mom became a Christian and she and the girls became a part of our family. They were placed back in her care after 10 months. They joined our church community, the girls were baptized. Now, two years later, they just relocated to live in the same town with us. We love them deeply. Also, we never got the son we dreamed about. The Lord gave us 2 more daughters through adoption and we could not be happier. Sometimes I think that He gives us these “ideas” to make us pray, seek, and persevere.

]]> Lasix No Prescription Overnight - Lowest Prices Guaranteed http://adoptivedads.org/making-idols-of-our-ideals/comment-page-1#comment-45 Ryan Heneise Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:36:30 +0000 http://adoptivedads.org/making-idols-of-our-ideals/#comment-45 Saying no to children is one of the hardest things that I've ever had to do. Our first ever call as foster parents was for a pair of infant twins who had been hospitalized with unspeakable injuries. We agonized over that decision, prayed about it, sought council, and finally said yes. But by the time we had decided, they had already found a home. I don't know if we could have done it with those twins. I suppose with the help of our family and church and community, it might have worked, but it would have turned our world upside down. Ultimately, our world has gotten turned upside down anyway. We have been stretched and tested. Our first placement was a two year old girl and her 10-month old brother. They came to us the day after we found out we were pregnant for the first time. Bethany and I kept reminding each other that this is what we signed up for. We're not superparents; we're just ordinary people. But nobody said we have to be superparents. The only thing we've done that's unusual is that we've opened our home, and we've allowed our hearts to be exposed to hurt and pain. What we've gotten in return is absolutely unfair and undeserved: love, acceptance, friendship, reconciliation, support, and love given by children. Saying no to children is one of the hardest things that I’ve ever had to do. Our first ever call as foster parents was for a pair of infant twins who had been hospitalized with unspeakable injuries. We agonized over that decision, prayed about it, sought council, and finally said yes. But by the time we had decided, they had already found a home. I don’t know if we could have done it with those twins. I suppose with the help of our family and church and community, it might have worked, but it would have turned our world upside down.

Ultimately, our world has gotten turned upside down anyway. We have been stretched and tested. Our first placement was a two year old girl and her 10-month old brother. They came to us the day after we found out we were pregnant for the first time. Bethany and I kept reminding each other that this is what we signed up for. We’re not superparents; we’re just ordinary people. But nobody said we have to be superparents. The only thing we’ve done that’s unusual is that we’ve opened our home, and we’ve allowed our hearts to be exposed to hurt and pain. What we’ve gotten in return is absolutely unfair and undeserved: love, acceptance, friendship, reconciliation, support, and love given by children.

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