Dreaded Day...

I am sure everyone has something they dread doing. I do. Tonight was my exceptionally dreaded day and one that caught me off guard. Drew always asks to tell him stories about when he was little- things most kids do but tonight Drew was talking about being born and said he heard that baby's are attached with a cord and was he attached with a cord in my belly? I have never lied to my child. I might skirt the question a tad but never just out and out lied to him and I was not about to now. So this led to the conversation of adoption- one that I thought would not happen for several more years. I have played in my mind what exactly I would tell him but can you ever say enough to make a child feel like they weren't loved by one parent? I absolutely do not want him to have the feelings of being unloved or abandoned which I know sometimes is a common feeling of those who are adopted.
So tonight our bedtime story was that about his adoption. What do you say? I began by telling him that he is loved so much and God placed him specifically in our family and out of all the little boys in the world he was the only one I wanted and prayed for and how happy I was that he picked me to be his mommy.  I told him that the person whose belly he did come from loved him as well- so much that she knew she could not take care of him like she wanted to, so she helped pick us to be his mommy and daddy. He might not have been born in my tummy but he was born in my heart and that is pretty darn special (I know, cliche but it works).  Of course I was crying saying all this, which in turn made him cry. I asked him if he was ok because I wasn't sure if he was crying because he was sad that he just found all this out or what- he replied to me, "yes, I am OK. Those are happy tears because you touched my heart."
Can I just say, and I know I say this all the time and you are probably tired of hearing it but- I have the most amazing, loving kid!

Truly from God
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