The dialogue begins ...

Maliah is proud to tell people she is from China. We are proud for her ... never wanting to deny her heritage or her story. We talk about it, it is often a very common part of dialogue about the day we went on a plane to bring her home. She will exclaim "When you came to China for me". We cheer ... indeed, for us it is the biggest blessing ever. It is worthy of cheering!

The reality is, that someday, the words she speaks will someday begin to penetrate her heart. The questions are coming .. I am beginning to see glimpses of more questions. I welcome them, I welcome the conversation. If there is anything I do know, it is that her story is God's story. He wrote himself into her life from the day she was born. Without details, I can tell you, his hand was on her life ...
Because I know that, I welcome the questions!

Tonight, this was our conversation ...

Maliah - "whose tummy was I in?", Mommy - "I don't know your birth Mommy, but I know she must have loved you lots", Maliah - "But you are da bestest Mommy ever"! Mommy - big tears, Maliah - "God was making me for you!".

The dialogue has begun. Someday those words will seep into her heart and I pray that when they do, she'll know that even in a broken world .. God made perfection!

Perfection .. that is our God .. is he perfect!

The world isn't.

Maliah's world wasn't and never will be. But our God is .. and he makes perfection out of brokenness. He makes whole what was once broken. I trust in his grace, his hands and his leading as we teach Maliah his story in her life! May God's infinite wisdom be the cloud I follow as he shows me how to teach, love and lead the little girl he so graciously entrusted to me!