“I had to tell him. I knew he had loved being a father and hoped to one day be a father again. With tears in my eyes, I told him the truth about me. I was afraid it could be a deal breaker for him.”
- Love What Matters
- Family
- Adoption/Foster Care
“I had to tell him. I knew he had loved being a father and hoped to one day be a father again. With tears in my eyes, I told him the truth about me. I was afraid it could be a deal breaker for him.”
“‘I don’t think he has any real family.’ The nurse looked up and loudly proclaimed, ‘Noah, your new mommy and daddy are here!’ We both smiled as big as we could at the little boy in the hospital bed with the swollen head and adorable chubby cheeks.”
“‘We have a 3-year-old boy. His mother is homeless. No one will take him.’ Our jaws fell open.”
“‘Her own family didn’t even want her,’ the judge told me solemnly, ‘She’s probably not going to live. Why would you even bother? Why do you care so much?’ I looked right back at her and said, ‘Because her life matters.'”
“My heart nearly exploded. I started to cry and said, ‘Lets do it!’ I vowed to step up and parent a little boy, but truth is, he taught me more then I could ever teach him.”
“This is not a political issue. It’s personal. You see, I have three Ahmauds who sleep under my roof every night.”
“You cannot deny a child an education based upon his nationality.”
“We became an official family, but he was my son the moment he walked through my door.”
“God took a single atheist woman in a cramped apartment with no desire to have children and made a mommy. Jack is the answer to a prayer I didn’t even know I was praying.”
“I have my fair share of stares out in public. People ask, ‘Are you babysitting?’ My response is, ‘No, they’re mine.’ Love is love no matter what color you are.”