Comments on: Adopted http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/ The Best Days of My Life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Nicole http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12939 Nicole Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:29:50 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12939 sarah, when I met the girls at Blissdom last year, I felt exactly the same way about them! I only spent a weekend with them, so I can only imagine how it would be after such a long friendship. They are 2 very special ladies! :) sarah, when I met the girls at Blissdom last year, I felt exactly the same way about them! I only spent a weekend with them, so I can only imagine how it would be after such a long friendship. They are 2 very special ladies! :)

]]> By: lisa leonard http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12929 lisa leonard Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:06:26 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12929 love you sarah. so glad you're my sis. xo love you sarah. so glad you’re my sis. xo

]]> By: Peggy http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12926 Peggy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:22:18 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12926 I have the same relationship with one of my girlfriends and her two sisters. In fact, their kids call me Aunty. What a wonderful time we have when we're together. I totally get what you're saying here. On a trip to San Antonio one year, we bought tee shirts...the three sisters had "I'm the oldest" "I'm the youngest", and "I'm in the middle". Mine read, "And I'm Cinderella". One of our sillier purchases. Yep, I'm adopted, too. I have the same relationship with one of my girlfriends and her two sisters. In fact, their kids call me Aunty. What a wonderful time we have when we’re together. I totally get what you’re saying here. On a trip to San Antonio one year, we bought tee shirts…the three sisters had “I’m the oldest” “I’m the youngest”, and “I’m in the middle”. Mine read, “And I’m Cinderella”. One of our sillier purchases. Yep, I’m adopted, too.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12923 Stephanie Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:41:27 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12923 I am friends with identical twins and I feel the same exact way! Knowing Lisa, I am not surprised that she is so wonderful, but I love how you put it. I always feel like a triplet with "my twins" and now I appreciate them even more. The beauty of sisters in Christ! =) I am friends with identical twins and I feel the same exact way! Knowing Lisa, I am not surprised that she is so wonderful, but I love how you put it. I always feel like a triplet with “my twins” and now I appreciate them even more. The beauty of sisters in Christ! =)

]]> By: Alana http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12918 Alana Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:59:56 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12918 Love it!! :) Love it!! :)

]]> By: Tina Dee http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12917 Tina Dee Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:45:26 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12917 Isn't it special to be chosen by love and welcomed in because of it? Love it. Thanks for another remarkable post! And hey, love to see your hubby loving you out loud. Very sweet man! Thanks for inviting us into your world, both of you. Isn’t it special to be chosen by love and welcomed in because of it? Love it. Thanks for another remarkable post! And hey, love to see your hubby loving you out loud. Very sweet man! Thanks for inviting us into your world, both of you.

]]> By: Chrissie http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12915 Chrissie Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:06:14 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12915 Sarah, thanks for this post. I feel the same way about you - you are my sister. You are a gift. Knowing you, growing up with you, struggling and laughing with you through these years has been quite a journey. Different from, but every bit of as meaningful and powerful as, my relationship with my adopted daughters. The fact that God has adopted us into his family and converged our paths is an amazing blessing. I love you, Sweet Sarah. Now let's get that paperwork started. Sarah, thanks for this post. I feel the same way about you – you are my sister. You are a gift.

Knowing you, growing up with you, struggling and laughing with you through these years has been quite a journey. Different from, but every bit of as meaningful and powerful as, my relationship with my adopted daughters.

The fact that God has adopted us into his family and converged our paths is an amazing blessing.

I love you, Sweet Sarah. Now let’s get that paperwork started.

]]> By: Thankful Mom http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12914 Thankful Mom Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:37:36 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12914 As an adoptive mom, I guess I feel that adoption itself and being adopted by God is so much more powerful and magnificent than the words you wrote. More painful. More beautiful. More passionate. More accepting. More LOVE. Un-ending. Un-dying. Sacrificial. Adoption IS about LOVE. But you can't talk about adoption without sacrifice and pain. Your post is quaint but I feel like it is a pretty shallow representation and sort of misses the point of what adoption and adoption by God really means. (Sorry, I love your blog, but have to be honest!) I think so many people either forget or do not realize that adoption involves PAIN beyond compare and SACRIFICE like no one can imagine until they have been through the experience of placing or adopting a child. Knowing what we have been through in our journey to adopt our two most precious gifts in the word, I guess we have a tiny bit better inkling to what those words truly mean - to have your heart ripped out, thrown on the floor, stomped on a few times and then put back in... to have your entire world as you know it come crashing down. To have no idea what direction to step. To be completely lost. And then... a miracle happens. A family loves their child more than themselves. They sacrifice their own heart to give "the world" to THEIR child. By allowing them to become OUR child. More than one heart is broken, but the loves multiplies and multiplies beyond words. Not only for the child, but for the family sacrificing and receiving. There is NO greater gift in this life, but it is not without immense heartache as well. We always tell people who ask about adoption, it will be the hardest thing you will ever do - but also the most rewarding and amazing experience of the rest of your life. As an adoptive mom, I guess I feel that adoption itself and being adopted by God is so much more powerful and magnificent than the words you wrote. More painful. More beautiful. More passionate. More accepting. More LOVE. Un-ending. Un-dying. Sacrificial.

Adoption IS about LOVE. But you can’t talk about adoption without sacrifice and pain.

Your post is quaint but I feel like it is a pretty shallow representation and sort of misses the point of what adoption and adoption by God really means. (Sorry, I love your blog, but have to be honest!) I think so many people either forget or do not realize that adoption involves PAIN beyond compare and SACRIFICE like no one can imagine until they have been through the experience of placing or adopting a child.

Knowing what we have been through in our journey to adopt our two most precious gifts in the word, I guess we have a tiny bit better inkling to what those words truly mean – to have your heart ripped out, thrown on the floor, stomped on a few times and then put back in… to have your entire world as you know it come crashing down. To have no idea what direction to step. To be completely lost. And then… a miracle happens.

A family loves their child more than themselves. They sacrifice their own heart to give “the world” to THEIR child. By allowing them to become OUR child. More than one heart is broken, but the loves multiplies and multiplies beyond words. Not only for the child, but for the family sacrificing and receiving.

There is NO greater gift in this life, but it is not without immense heartache as well. We always tell people who ask about adoption, it will be the hardest thing you will ever do – but also the most rewarding and amazing experience of the rest of your life.

]]> By: Chad http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12913 Chad Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:47:18 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12913 It feels good to belong and to know we aren't just tolerated but rather we are loved and desired. Love u girl It feels good to belong and to know we
aren’t just tolerated but rather we are loved and desired.

Love u girl

]]> By: misty http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2010/02/adopted/comment-page-1/#comment-12910 misty Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:41:16 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1907#comment-12910 Thank you for that. Thank you for the reminder that although my 'family' is very small that I am part of a much larger family. My friends.... I have always felt a little lonely because both my parents are deceased and my older brother is also. My grand-parents who raised me are gone. I needed to be reminded that although at times I may feel lonely or alone I am not alone and I am not forgotten. Thank you for that. Thank you for the reminder that although my ‘family’ is very small that I am part of a much larger family. My friends….

I have always felt a little lonely because both my parents are deceased and my older brother is also. My grand-parents who raised me are gone. I needed to be reminded that although at times I may feel lonely or alone I am not alone and I am not forgotten.

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