April 25, 2006

Hello friends. My daughter to be is very much on my heart this evening - more so than usual. Somewhere in China our little girl is in an orphanage waiting for us because of her birth mother's love. As a mother I cannot imagine what circumstances lead to that mother's decision to choose adoption for her sweet daughter - I will be forever greatful to her though. The daughter of her womb - half a world away is the daughter of my heart and dreams here in Kansas. Today that hit me and I realized the connection that I will have with the biological mother of our beautiful daughter. The end of the paperchase and our trip to China cannot come soon enough for me! I read the poem below and wanted to share it with you. Enjoy and please keep us in your prayers as we wait to see what God already knows - the identity of our precious Mackenzie. ~T

“Until Forever”

This morning in China a mother cries

She’ll never forget her daughter’s eyes

Her heart is broken and filled with pain

The tears run down like the falling rain.

She has no choice but to leave her there

The cost of keeping is too much to bear

She hopes her daughter will one day know

True love can be found in letting her go.

This morning in China a baby cries

Hungry and scared as tears fill her eyes

Her mother has left her in this public place

Another lost daughter of the Chinese race.

Someone passing by has heard her soft moan

She’s soon quickly taken to a foster home

It’s here she’ll reside in the care of another

Until she’s adopted by a brand new mother.

That very same moment, in the U.S.A.

A woman cries as she starts to pray

Her heart is heavy but filled with much love

She prays for a daughter she thinks the world of.

“Dear Jesus”, I ask that your arms would be

Wrapped tightly around the one picked for me

Guard her in China till I make my way

And then in my arms forever she’ll stay.

-Tom Fisher-