Embracing the Box With Love

To Box In: to keep in/confine. A daily struggle in the life of a birthgrandmother in an endearing open adoption and the loving lessons God is teaching her by "being still" and embracing the box He has placed her in.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Open Adoption - Parenting.com

A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Open Adoption - Parenting.com

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I have always been an "outside of the box" thinker, embracing ideas such as organics, homesteading, and being a stay at home mom (when it wasn't the norm)very family oriented. So when in November of 2007, my 17yr old daughter, then a Senior in HS, placed her daughter in the arms of her adoptive parents, many of our family and friend thought we were crazy to allow the adoption. It was the saddest day of our lives. She wasn't ready to be a mom and didn't think it would be fair to her child or to us to expect us to parent her. She knew from the begining of her pregnancy that adoption was the best choice. I believe God gave her this thought as a gift so she would be prepared mentally to give up her child. That was the begining of our journey, with the Lord guiding us through friends to the adoptive parents. We have an open adoption with periodic visits, pictures and updates. It hasn't been an easy journey. While my daughter is now attending college away from home and doing well, we are left at home in an empty box. I was not prepared for the flood of feelings I have been battling. With Gods help and promises, day by day, I am learning to embrace this box He has chosen for me.
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