Wild Olive Tees is giving away 15 So Loved Tees in remembrance of Esther, who passed away shortly before coming home to her adoptive family. Click on the icon for how to enter.
You can also purchase a So Loved Tee here. 100% of the proceeds of the sale of each So Loved tee will be used to fund a future heart surgery for an orphan in China.
It’s a good cause and the tees are really nice and fit well too.
I have to admit.
You are asking some tough questions.
Then again, I did open this up. And I encourage you to ask more. Remain anonymous if you wish.
But I do request that you post your own questions.
I’m still happy to answer.
Q. “Aren’t you, in the least, concerned about how a “special needs” child will affect the dynamics of your family?
Also, I am sure that with such lovely children, you have grown accustomed to a favorable response to your children in most private and public encounters. How will you feel and react, if the response is not so favorable, to your “special needs” child?”
A. This was not a spur of the moment decision. We think about things very, very carefully. And have been prepared in different ways, for many years, to do this.
It’s not much different trying to prepare the other two for a third bio baby. It’s never going to go perfectly, but we talk to our kids early and often.
As for favorable responses, we don’t really place a lot of emphasis on other people’s reactions. If it’s good, great. If it’s not, so what.
Criticism is a part of life. Jo & Seb will learn how to deal with it as they get older, and all three of them will learn how to stand up for each other in a critical world.
In brief response to the question about trafficking, I ask: because there might be financial corruption in Haiti, do we stop giving to the people of Haiti? Does corruption in the area of adoption diminish the fact that there are genuine orphans in need?
No Fourth of July fireworks pics to share… it poured of rain. So here’s a question that was asked anonymously…
Q. I am sure many have or will question you as to why you would embark on such a journey. Based on the fact you are for one…as it appears, quite young, and second within the means to have a third child of your own.
A. Hmm. Well for one, the older you I get, the more tired I am. Wouldn’t you agree? So why wait? Our kids are young and we want this child to grow up alongside Jo and Seb, and not be a “tag-along”. You’re right. We are within the means to have a third biological child. But…
…having a third bio child is a completely different concept to what we’re talking about here. We aren’t talking about creating a child in order to expand our family, we’re talking about giving ourselves as a family as we are. Just as a side, this child will be a “third child of our own”, though not born to us. There are over 140 million orphans worldwide. The reality is most of these children will never find a family. We know we can’t solve this magnanimous problem, but it is within our reach to affect at least one life.
“‘I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.’” Jn 14: 18
