There are times in life when you look back and realize that you were part of a miracle...that you're part of a chapter that was written long before the world began...that's how the last year has felt like. I can't believe that I'm writing these words but it's true...we've been able to adopt a beautiful little girl...words can't describe the pure joy that we experienced the first time we held her in our arms...I think another term to describe it would be Grace. Unmerited favour...getting something that you don't deserve. To dream and hope and pray...and finally have the dream come true. Grace is now a part of her name...Chloe Grace Willoughby. Grace...as Bono once sang: "Grace...it's a name for a girl...it's also a thought that changed the world."
Well, Chloe Grace has definitely changed out world. From the first moment she dropped into our lives we became a part of a new story...we were now parents...we now had the privilege and the responsibility of raising a child in this world. In a world where war rages and bombs fall on the innocent...we had been given a gift...a gift of grace. The first morning that we woke with this beautiful girl beside us we knew that we would do everything we possibly could to protect her...to provide for her...to keep her safe...every instinct is suddenly tuned to the sound of her voice.
In the coming year we'll blog more about the process of adopting that we've been through as a couple. Now that the adoption is official and we've had some time to simply be we now feel it's time to do so. Maybe our story will encourage others...maybe it will challenge someone to take that step of faith...to step into grace...to start believing in miracles...
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