If there is one thing about our adoption journey that makes
me a bit sad, it is that Josh’s mom, Jeri never knew we were planning to adopt.
We had started talking about it before she passed away but had not announced it
to our family. It was only a couple weeks after her courageous battle with
cancer ended, that we announced our intent to adopt. IF I could go back- the
only part of our adoption story I would change is that I would make sure that
she knew.
Jeri
was a phenomenal mother and then an extraordinary grandmother. Before she
became ill, she would change a poopy diaper for you- just so she could be close
to her grandbabies. (Now THAT is love folks!) The grandchildren who were born
before her passing each have their own special song that she wrote and she would
sing it to them every chance she got. We would give just about anything to have
her here with us, but we find peace that God’s plan is ALWAYS bigger than our
own.
After
Christmas Roger (Joshua’s dad) was over and told us that he discovered that
Jeri had additional life insurance that he did not know existed. Anyway, Roger
decided to split the money between his children and said we could do whatever
we wanted with this money from Jeri. However, what do you do with your final
gift from your mother? Josh and I have thought about it and we think that if
Jeri were here, she would be right beside us- working every fundraiser possible
trying to help us bring this little girl home. So, it just seems fitting that
our final gift from mom would be to get a few steps closer to our goal of
bringing Noel home. I can’t wait to look in Noel’s eyes and tell her all about
her beautiful Grandma Jeri; and even though they will not meet in this life, we
can tell Noel that Grandma Jeri helped bring her home to us.
Thanks mom,
Josh & Amber
Josh & Amber
