tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373725026669026780.post2591421758020524156..comments2023-10-12T01:42:29.301-07:00Comments on EACH LIFE THAT TOUCHES OURS FOR GOOD: talk i wrote for churchTamrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11584911729689256025noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373725026669026780.post-5837598058885379622011-09-07T16:06:24.361-07:002011-09-07T16:06:24.361-07:00this is so beautiful. i am an adoptive mother and ...this is so beautiful. i am an adoptive mother and stumbled upon your blog while looking for thoughts for a sacrament meeting talk i'll be giving this week on eternal families. thank you for your testimony and uplifting words!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602894089132472080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373725026669026780.post-82036278576795452832011-07-15T11:32:09.986-07:002011-07-15T11:32:09.986-07:00This is a beautiful, beautiful, testimony. I admir...This is a beautiful, beautiful, testimony. I admire your strength and honesty. I council w/ ladies in the ward continually (I am RS pres in a relatively young ward) and often encourage women who are struggling with infertility to consider adoptions. It has been the answer to the prayers of many of my friends and extended family.politicchic6https://www.blogger.com/profile/18038836090409852419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373725026669026780.post-84041740148156397012011-05-29T01:11:34.597-07:002011-05-29T01:11:34.597-07:00Let me try this again, as my previous post was del...Let me try this again, as my previous post was deleted by my browser. I had a few thoughts as I read through your post. <br /><br />You are going to be wonderful, this is very well done. I am reminded of a few things regarding my own experience as I read through this. <br /><br />When I was four, the first time I met my parents, my social worker after talking with my mother for a few minutes, turned to ask me if we should go get my stuff and bring it in the house. I turned and looked him squarely in the face, without any hesitation, I boldly and loudly proclaimed, "Yes, because I live here." To me that was that. I turned and proceeded from that day forward to know I belonged and never questioned that feeling. My mother says, that it disarmed my social worker a little bit, as he didn't know how to react. She was even a little taken back by it, even though she says deep down, she know I belonged too. <br /><br />Heavenly Father later revealed to me other things, that are hard to put into words. But the essence of it, is that without my biological mother, my parents would never have been able to have made good on their promise to me and to Father in Heaven, had I not had a way to come into their lives. They were done having children, that part of their lives was over, so they thought. <br /><br />I knew from a very young age, that I was meant to be where I was and that was the path I was meant to take. From a young age, I was proud to be adopted, because it meant that I remember choosing my parents and they had a choice in being my parents. That made me extra special. I know all children are special, but I also know that family is truly those who love you. Anyone that loves you, is or can be your family. Nothing else matters. <br /><br />Sorry for the length of this, but those were a few thoughts. Feel free to use anything I have said, at any time. There is probably someone that is waiting to hear what you have to say and they probably need to hear it. I am sure that is why you were asked to speak about this. This is a great talk and you will do great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373725026669026780.post-88440561767223295172011-05-28T23:39:55.539-07:002011-05-28T23:39:55.539-07:00yeah, i was a bit uncomfortable with that wording ...yeah, i was a bit uncomfortable with that wording as well (demand/available) but had already used up all my time and creativity. i'ma think on how i might rephrase before go-time tomoro.<br />thanx DeshaTamrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584911729689256025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373725026669026780.post-27871995040565369552011-05-28T23:06:23.578-07:002011-05-28T23:06:23.578-07:00i woudnt refer to adoption as a supply and demand ...i woudnt refer to adoption as a supply and demand when you talk about the number of file/placements n such, "as far as domestic infant adoptions like mine, there are not enough children available even for the demand." maybe stick with the idea that there are ___ numbers of children needing homes in this world and ___ numbers of homes in this country wanting children, or hit up a thesaurus for a diff vocab word. <br /><br />also i know it to be true via personal revelation from my HF in my pat blessing, quiet whisperings to my heart, and in prsthd blessings after the adoption that blood is indeed thicker than any sealing covenants. "blood is thicker than water but the sealing covenant is thicker still." so maybe propose that idea as yours only and not doctrine. <br /><br />other than that, its great!! <br />adoption luvsbirthMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479996077788889914noreply@blogger.com