Testimonials
On January 10th, 2006, a beautiful baby boy blessed us all. Below is a letter written by his mom and read to him at birth."To -----, my first baby boy,
I don’t know how old you are while you are reading this, but I hope you understand everything, especially why I had to give you up for adoption.
You were conceived in April of 2005 when I was 16 years old. Your birth father was 17. I was 17 when you were born.
When I first found out I was pregnant, I had a lot of different feelings; happiness, sadness and fear. I knew I was too young to have a baby and I didn’t know what to do. Those thoughts didn’t last long. I soon realized that God had given me a gift; a baby with whom I could bless a family with. Abortion never once crossed my mind – I loved you too much already.
I think I had a very easy pregnancy while I was pregnant with you. I never experienced any morning sickness with you and I never really had any other problems except heartburn, swelling in my hands and feet, back pain in the ninth month and I had to be induced. But I’ll tell you one thing; you were a very stubborn baby before you were even born. You liked putting your feet in my ribs and kicking me if I tried to move them. You must be a real handful now (wink, wink)!
When you were born, it was the most beautiful thing ever. I was so happy I couldn’t even cry. When the nurse laid you on my belly, the first thing you did was look at me with your big eyes. Then you peed on me and stuck your thumb in your mouth. You were a beautiful baby.
While I was in the hospital with you, you didn’t hardly ever cry except when I was dressing you. You hated it, but you were a happy afterwards. You were just a happy boy.
Now you’re probably wandering why I gave you up for adoption. I did that because I couldn’t take care of you like you needed. I would have liked to, but I couldn’t afford a baby and it was God’s plan to give you up. I couldn’t raise you up to be the man God wants you to be. And, I wanted you to have a mommy and daddy who loved you as much as they loved each other and have a good relationship with God. I wanted you to be able to have the some opportunities as other kids. I wanted you to grow up and carry out the plan God has for you. I loved you too much for you not to be able to do any of that.
I know your mommy and daddy are so wonderful. When I first met them, God spoke to me and said, "These are the people you are going to place your little boy with." And they were!
I still want all of this for you, like I said; I love you too much for you not to have it. There is so much I want to tell you, but I don’t know how and I hope you understand all of this.
With all my love and gods
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