Sixteen and a Mom...

All I know is I just watched this and I am still teary...ALL of you need to watch this.... birth mom's and women considering placing for Adoption should too.  My husband ended up seeing it on TV about a month ago and kept saying "Deanna you have got to find this movie and watch it" I should have watched it sooner but I can see now why it touched him so dearly since Audri had just been placed with us.  I am so thankful for the selfless sacrifice that Audri's birthmother made for her and us...there are no words....

**This is a full uninterrupted version...**

A Birthmother's story...

Why is Tamra, an LDS birth mother, rocking the adoption community?? 

She said "I've seen people tell me after the fact, "Had I known the information, had I heard your story, I would have placed my child [for adoption] and they would have had a better life." I've had people who have had abortions tell me "Had I had accurate and current information, had I heard your story, I would have made a different choice." 

"God was using me to find his family. On this mortal side of things it looks like I shared him with them, but in reality they shared him with me. And the reason is because I needed him too. God got 2 birds with 1 stone: Justin had to go home, but he saved my life on the way." -Tamra

That we may "Not...Shrink"...

James and I had a friend text us last night in the middle of the night about this talk and that it made him think of us...I think the friend probably thought James had his phone muted since it was around midnight when we got the text which means our friend was watching at 1 am Idaho time! lol

Anyways, back to my point...I watched this while I got ready for church this morning and boy oh boy was this GOOD!  I am going to watch it again today so I can gain some better understanding of the talk.  I don't know about you but Elder Bednar has such a way of explaining things that has helped me in the past so much.

As I watched, it made me think I needed to post it here on the blog...I know I am not alone in the struggle of infertility or to grow our family...I know many of you will see what I saw when you listen to what he shared...SO so Profound.  I am grateful for amazing friends that share the love of the Gospel with us...no mater what the hour hay be...We are truly blessed.

-BTW Elder Bednar begins speaking at 19 minutes in...

-Deanna

What's Mine Is Yours..

You guys, I have spent my entire day listening to this song over and over. I pulled up the R House blog this morning to see a new post detailing how Lindsey (Mrs. R) had a special tie to this song by Katherine Nelson. She shared the touching story of how her and her son's birthmom sat together listening to a live performance of this song and then got to meet Katherine and tell her about their story.

Today Katherine Nelson released a video to go along with her song "What's Mine Is Yours". I clicked on the link that Lindsey had included and within moments tears were rolling down my cheeks. The emotion Katherine conveys, the images of the mother who loses her sweet baby and of the courageous birthmom placing her baby in the arms of another....ah, it just rocked me to my very core, but in a GOOD way.

I have literally been pulling up youtube and playing the song for anyone who will listen. It is so beautiful and the message is so tender to me, being someone who has experienced both a miscarriage and the miracle of a birthmom placing their most precious gift in my arms.

Please support Katherine by going onto her website  or Amazon and purchasing this song. Share it with your family members and friends. She has been blessed with an amazing talent and I am so grateful that she used it to write this song.  May it touch your heart as it has touched mine today.

Katherine Nelson's website: www.katherinenelson.com


Disclaimer: I was not paid for this review nor was I approached by Katherine Nelson to write it. I just think she is AMAZING!!!!

-Elise

Good Things to Come

I know many of you may have seen this video but last night when I saw it again (my mother-in-law posted it on FB) It made me think of our road that we are on with adoption...right now I feel like Elder Holland did with his drive and his car breaking down...Our adoption gets going, we get chosen, we think that placement is about to come and then it all comes to a grinding halt...I know it is part of Heavenly Father's master plan and that allows me to be able to start from the beginning once more and be ok with that...

On the Lord's Timing

I have hunted for this video because I just loved it so much even WAY before we ever considered adoption...Heavenly Father's plan and timing is ALWAYS what is best for us even when we are like "Please just let this be it Heavenly Father!"  He knows what we need and He KNOWS how we need to be prepared to receive it...I know many of us wish it could be His plan but our timing but that isn't how it works is it...We would never feel the overwhelming Joy if everytime we just got what we wanted when we wanted it...We would maybe never want for the things He knows we would really want if we didn't face adversity and struggle...He knows whats best...

Just click here to watch the video...

I just love this song....

Many of you have probably heard this song before but many of you might not have...I just love how the song came to be written...you can read about that here if you would like...

     FROM GOD'S ARMS TO MY ARMS TO YOURS LYRICS 

      by Michael McLean

 With so many wrong decisions in my past, I'm not quite sure.
  If I can ever hope to trust my judgment anymore.
  But lately I've been thinking, 'cause it's all I've had to do.
  And in my heart I feel that I should give this child to you.

  [Chorus]

  And maybe, you can tell your baby when you love him so that he's been loved before.
  By someone who delivered your son, From God's arms to my arm's to yours.
 

  Now if you choose to tell him and if he wants to know.
  How the one who gave him life could bear to let him go.
  Just tell him there were sleepless nights I prayed and paced the floors.
   And knew the only peace I'd find is if this child was yours.

  {Repeat Chorus}

  Now I know you don't have to do this, but could you kiss him once for me?
  The first time that he ties his shoes or falls and skins his knee,
  And could you hold him twice as long when he makes his mistakes.
  Tell him that he's not alone, sometimes that's all it takes -
  I know how much he'll ache.

  This may not be the answer for another girl like me.
  And I'm not on a soapbox saying how we all should be.
  I'm just trusting in my feelings and I'm trusting God above.
  And I'm trusting you can give our baby both his mother's love.

  {Repeat Chorus} 

 

Beautiful...this video is...

I just saw this on one of the birthmom blogs I follow...It is so beautiful...you can feel what they feel...it's without words...what an amazing woman she is!  I hope she doesn't mind that I am sharing it all with you...

If you would like to visit her blog it is:  http://myangelsfromgod.blogspot.com/

Infertility...

I came across this video on someones blog that they had found and posted for a friend who was struggling with infirtility and I know many of you, well most of you will get it...