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Thank You Adoption ARK - Minca Family |
In my 39 years on this planet, I’ve experienced some pretty amazing things, but truthfully, is there anything sweeter than the sound of a child uttering the word “mama” for the first time while he caresses your face or gives you a kiss? I think that anyone would be hard-pressed to convince me that there is. It seems to me that there are so many amazing aspects to my “Adoption Journey” that I’m unsure which portions constitute the “Success” part in my “Success Story.”
To be perfectly honest, I have wanted a child my entire life. That being said, I will admit that I can’t imagine having had any other one than Sam. I’ve been very fortunate in my life to have been raised by a stepfather who not only treated me as his own, but whose name I took as an adult simply because I respected his values in teaching his children that parenting had nothing to do with DNA. So, when he passed away unexpectedly earlier this year, it made me realize that life is so short and there are so many kids who deserve the love of a good parent who doesn’t care about DNA.
When I saw the Sam for the first time, I felt the pride of motherhood coursing through my soul and I knew he was the one I had been waiting for. I’m not sure what I’m more grateful for – the amazing places I’ve been, the amazing people I’ve met, or the simple pleasure of hearing the words, “love you mama.”
Adoption Ark has truly blessed me not only with the opportunity to be a parent, but with so very much more. I have met wonderful people on this journey, from in-country coordinators who truly cared about my well-being and that of my child to other parents who were traveling at the same time as me and shared their wonderful stories and their lives with me – people who have become forever friends that I would have never met otherwise.
At the end of every email my case-worker (who, by the way, is also on that list of forever friends I never would have met) sent me, she included in quotes the following statement: “Adopting one child won’t change the world, but for that child, the world will change.” I can’t begin to tell you how that one statement has impacted my life. I now am fortunate enough to see every single thing that I’ve taken for granted much of my adult life come to life through the eyes of my son. Wow! How amazing is that? And for that...
Thank you Adoption Ark.
Thank you Ally.
Truly – thank you!
Tawnya Minca