This is our daughter

Want to share with you a poem from a brochure we received Sunday at an informational session about foster care. This poem was part of the material Christian Children's Home had available. This poem is beautifully written and reminds us of our daughter. There is going to be another informational session on foster care tentatively scheduled for the 23rd of this month. More details to come later.

This is our daughter
By Jill Work

THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER
We adopted her,
but we will NOT be
referring to her as
"our adopted daughter."
She is simply "our daughter."

THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER
and the niece of her aunts and uncles,
the granddaughter of her grandparents,
the cousin of her cousins,
and the sister of any future children
we add to the family
by biology or adoption.

THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER
There is no "return policy"
on an adopted child.
The whole idea of adopting
is a lot like marriage.
You make a lifetime commitment
to a person with no biological
relationship to you.
You promise to "love and cherish"
for "richer, for poorer,
for better, for worse,
in sickness and in health-
as long as we both shall live."

THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER
and we ARE her real parents.
She has birth parents,
but we are her Mom an Dad,
and always will be.