Adoption Option

Kat called me about an hour ago. She has been talking for a year or so, now, about finding her birth mother. It was so easy to find mine because I had her name in a baby book she sent with me, along with the names of all of my family members. How many Abbra's could there be out there? It was the most simple search ever. I wondered though, how we would help Kat with hers. I'd always heard that adoption records are sealed and difficult to pull information out of. Besides, the information we had to go off of was so little. We had no name and while we knew what state she came from, we had no city. Kat wasn't even born in that state. Her bio-mom lived out her pregnancy in an unwed mother's home, Highlands, in Kansas City, Missouri. A hospital near the home is where Kat was born. This seemed to be a difficult venture but I know now that that's not why her interest peeked over the past year. Instead, it was God preparing her heart.

Kat's voice had excitement in it as she told me that she and our parents had received letters from her bio-mom, Darla. She had contacted Highlands, now in Arizona, and a social worker took up the task. I guess it's legal now because Kat is an adult. Kat put in a call to Georgia (the social worker) this afternoon and left a message. I told Kat that if she was ready, she should at least let Darla know she was interested. I'm sure the poor woman is anxious with anticipation. Being the one to seek out my bio-mom, I remember that even though she'd written me a letter saying she hoped to meet me someday, I feared rejection and disinterest. I hope Darla can rest assured this weekend that she will soon have a friendship with the baby she gave up 20 years ago.

My prayers for Darla and Kat? I pray God ordains their relationship. I pray Darla is a strong and wonderful Christian woman, wise beyond her years. I pray she can be a wonderful influence in Kat's life. I pray love will live in their relationship. I pray so many wonderful things to come from this. I pray that it is all that my relationship with Abbra is not and was never meant to be.

One prayer request for Kat. She's supposed to start beauty school next week and there's something wrong with her right hand. She REALLY needs to get going with this career and her life. Her hand almost looks like it was crushed. I know she keeps saying that it's been bothering her a bit here and there since elementary school but she never consistently complained about it. It also never looked like anything was wrong with it. Now, it looks like a broken wing. So, I pray that she will find the right doctor and that it will be something small and easy to fix. And that she will still be able to start her schooling on time.