Published Monday, August 30, 2010 by Elisha Larsen
A year ago today (August 28th) was one of the most amazing days of my life. It was the day that Evelyn was declared legally our “natural” daughter. A day of completion. After much heart ache, many tears, much prayer, a drawing nearer to God than we could never have understood otherwise and the incredible and unnatural joy we felt throughout the entire process…Evelyn became ours! To those who have never adopted it may be hard to comprehend just how special this day is. The only real comparison I can come up with (and I’m pretty sure it’s biblical) is that of the day a sinner comes to repentance before the merciful and Almighty God. The day a sinner is drafted into the family of God. The joy and the rejoicing that takes place in heaven on the day any lost sheep is found and brought home is most certainly the same joy and rejoicing that takes place when a family on earth adopts a child.
I felt the same joy I felt when I became a believer. The same joy you feel when you hear someone else has become a believer. There is an understanding and a bond in Christ. The same goes for adoption. We felt an incredible bond with those present at the adoption hearing, and feel this same bond when we hear of others adopting. It’s so very similar to when, as a believer, you hear someone is interested in becoming a Christian or has, it’s incredible! In some way this day is more special than her birthday, it’s a reminder for me of a new birth in Christ’s family. A reminder of the day I became a member of His family. It’s something you never forget. It’s so intricately connected to my understanding of Christ and His care for His children. I really hope I can write about this more at a later date. For now, here’s to a wonderful day of recollecting on God’s blessings to us.
Evelyn Kate – we love you!
How we celebrated this year – Daddy made a special breakfast! We had gluten free German babies! We then had some special family time with just the 3 of us while Elijah took his first nap. We read some stories about adoption and told Evelyn how special she was. Then we went to the mall to play (cuz it was kinda cold). Evelyn and Elijah enjoyed playing and then Evelyn enjoyed playing on the carousel. We also let her pick out a $1 toy at Target. All day we kept saying, “special”. Today is special! And it was. After nap we played in the yard and had special smoothies. We also had a family picnic on the ground and watched a movie. It was simple but so special!
