A Sister's Love Part 1

My oldest daughter Rebecca gave me permission to post this here. She has started writing about our adoption from her point of view. I hope you enjoy it. It touched this momma's heart.



 The Question
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father in this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep himself unspotted from the world ."~ James 1:27

                     "What would you say if we adopted a kid with special needs?" This is the question that changed my life forever. My family was sitting in the living room of our house in Olalla. Momma and Daddy sat on the couch, while us three girls sat on the floor in front of them. Jessica held one of our foster kids in her lap, and Britney held our yorkie named Mocha. The red lights on the Christmas  tree glowed on the wall.          
               
                     I expected them to ask. Since Brother and Sister Browning announced that were adopting two children with Down Syndrome, many families had started the adoption process or advocating for a child with special needs. My parents had started looking at the site, where the Brownings found their two children.

                     After a few minutes of silence, Jessica spoke, "okay". "Me too" Britney pipped up. "Alright" I said. Seeing as how we were all in agreement momma spoke up. "You guys know they will have some things that are different than most kids, right? They may look different , or it may take them longer to comprehend things."

                  "We know. Like Justus." Jessica spoke up. Justus was the Brownings little boy they just had who had Down Syndrome.  "Yes like Justus" momma said. "So you all okay with that?" Daddy asked.  "Yeah." Brit said, giving Mocha a kiss.

                 "You know we may get gunny looks, right?" said Momma. "Momma, I think we already get funny looks." I said. She laughed. At that time we only wore skirts and dresses that were below our knees and were no lower than four fingers below our collar bone.

                "Okay, so now what?" I asked. "Now we pray that God will lead us to the right kid. And if it is not His will for us to adopt, he will show us quickly." Momma said. The three of us girls nodded in agreement. We all bowed our heads together as Daddy prayed.

                 As we gave Momma and Daddy hugs and went to bed, I had a feeling that our lives would changed drastically. So that day in December of 2010, we pledged as a family that if adopting a child with special needs was Gods will we would follow Him all the way.

More to come tomorrow :)