Father’s Day 2018, Kev and I
were still at the beach with one of my sisters and parents. Kev and I were
planning to start heading home. We would have normally gone home on Saturday night in time
to be at church on Sunday. This Sunday was different. It was Father’s Day. The
Father’s Day following having to take our first grandbaby back to the birth
mom. After a few days with my family we were feeling refreshed but not really
refreshed enough for Father’s Day and not wanting to have church family focus
on our grief and not their fathers and families.
As we planned to leave the
beach, we texted the kids to see if they wanted to meet for dinner. Arielle had
said something about that a day or two earlier. At the time of the text,
Arielle and Jaron had already started for home. We decided to meet in Emporia
for dinner at Applebees.
Arielle and Jaron told us at
dinner that they had decided to go ahead and put their names back into the list
of prospective parents at Commonwealth Catholic Charities. We have been told of families that this same thing has happened to and it had taken another eight months to a year for
their book to be chosen again.
Monday morning back to work.
I seemed to have been stronger at the beach with my family than I was at work.
I had to tell people that asked, “So how’s the new grandma” what had happened.
Luckily I was so busy trying to catch up from a week away that as long as no
one came by the office I could focus on my work.
The next week was our scheduled
vacation. Arielle’s Grandma Ann and Uncle Jack (Great Uncle) were coming for a
visit from Washington State. We had rented a lake house near Arielle and Jaron
so we could all four visit without them having to stay with us a couple of days
and Arielle and Jaron for a couple of days.
It was a girl! Arielle and Jaron said they
don’t want to tell anyone. They weren’t even going to tell us at first. But because they
thought they would be on the phone with their social worker during our week of
vacation (Arielle and Jaron were not on vacation) they decided to tell us. She
said they just couldn’t put family and friends through that again. As soon as
they knew for sure the little girl was theirs they would tell everyone.
When was the baby born?
FATHER’S DAY, the day they had told us they had decided to get back out there. Can I just say, GOD IS GOOD!!!
We didn’t know how good
until a little later. The mom had her and left the hospital just a few hours
later. That’s called a stork drop. The next day, the birth mom came back and
told a nurse she wanted her baby adopted and not put into foster care. The nurse must
have given her CCC’s information.
My thinking was that at some
point in the 24 hours after the baby was born someone had mentioned to the birth mom that her baby
would probably be put into foster care. And that’s why she came back. (Remember this is all my thinking.) It’s a special kind
of love that a mother has that allows her to put her baby up for adoption. This
mother knew in her circumstances (not going to share her personal
circumstances, they're not mine to share) her baby would have a much better
chance at life with a new family.
Now for the rest of our
miracle, after the mom met with the social worker she told her she wanted them
to choose the parents. Now the policy is to start with the families that have
been waiting the longest. There were two families that had been waiting for a
mother to pick them ahead of Arielle and Jaron. The first family was out of the
country on vacation, the second one said they just didn’t feel like this girl
was the one for them. Next was Arielle and Jaron – YES please!!!
They were anticipating
getting to go pick the baby up on Friday of our vacation. They were so excited that Grandma
Ann and Uncle Jack were going to get to meet their baby. Wednesday they got a
call from the social worker, “Would you like to come get your baby tomorrow.?”
Oh yes!
Arielle had a chiropractor’s
appointment in the morning. Jaron had a doctor’s appointment at 2:00pm. I’m
sure your first thought is change them. Well, they thought about that but Jaron
had already rescheduled his appointment once. This appointment was to update his CDL license. It had a deadline on when this could be completed.
Okay, so they made the
appointment to pick her up. Before the
foster parents got there, the social worker gave them several papers to sign.
She said it’s easier to stay focused on the paperwork if their new baby isn’t
in the room. I’m sure she was right. 
The moment they (we) had
been waiting for – THEIR NEW BABY and our new GRANDBABY!!!!
She was (is) beautiful. One of
her arms was taped downed. Her clavicle was broken during childbirth. Of course
that didn’t change the fact that she was beautiful!
Kev and I were there taking pictures. Arielle holding her, Jaron holding her, Kev and then me holding
her. There were pictures of them with the foster parents, Arielle changing her,
etc, etc.
We have a new beautiful baby
girl. We couldn’t be happier. Arielle and Jaron wanted a baby that needed
someone to love. And God gave them “Josie”. And loved she will be there's no
question about that!!!
We would like to THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!
Blessings on you,
Mama D
1 Samuel 1:27 (NIRV)
“For this child I prayed,
and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.”
Josie loves to praise the Lord even when she sleeps!
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