Wednesday, June 9, 2010

A Father's Perspective


Hello blog-o-sphere. This is Joel…the adoring husband of the primary author of this blog. My lovely wife Marianne has asked me to write a few posts on our adoption process from a father’s perspective. So in the next several posts (I plan to write on Wednesdays) I intend to narrate my journey down this road to adoption. Or perhaps I should rather say down this road to Darya, because ultimately the goal at the end of this road of adoption is a person. Waiting for us at the end of this path in an obscure Eastern European orphanage is a lovely little girl with almond shaped chocolate brown eyes and cute little ears that bend out slightly from beneath wisps of sandy brown hair.
This little girl turns two years old today. Two years without a family. Two years without a mother to love her and read to her. Two years without a father to dote on her and sing hymns softly to her as she falls asleep. Two years without brothers to protect her and play with her. Two years old today, but there will be no birthday party, no one to celebrate the day of her birth or to remind her how she was fearfully and wonderfully made; at least not in the country of her birth. But some 17,000 miles away on the other side of the globe there is an equally obscure family in North Florida that is celebrating her birthday, and longing for the day when she will be with them. This is the tale of how I came to love this little girl I’ve never met…

7 comments:

  1. Oh man...your first post and I already have tears in my eyes!! I have a feeling that every Wednesday will be a tear fest. I have already fallen in love with Darya too and can't wait for you guys to get her home. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARYA!!! We will have a little birthday celebration for her here in CA too...we can always find a reason to have some cake, right!!!

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  2. Happy Birthday Darya!! I look forward to reading all about the journey!!
    Sunnie in NC

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  3. BEAUTIFUL POST :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET DARYA!! I cant wait to meet you and give you a lil squeeze :)

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  4. Next year we'll have a big party for her and even make Darya her own cake!! We'll sing happy birthday and shower her with kisses. Thank you for taking the time to post your thoughts and feelings about your family's journey. Someday soon you will hold Darya in your arms, smell her breath, feel her heartbeat, and it will be as if she was always yours, because... she was.

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  5. I thought about her throughout the day today - we all love her already too. Happy 2nd Birthday baby girl - see you soon.

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  6. Happy birthday little one...we can't wait to have you here enjoying your cake next year with Sam, Ben and Nate:)

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  7. this gave me goosebumps...Darya is one blessed little girl and she is going to be so loved and happy with all of you!!!!!

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