I wanted to take this chance to share a really great story!
I used to teach kindergarten with Noah. I learned SO MUCH from him about how to respect my students and how to teach in fun and creative ways! His kindergarten class made CDs about the things we were learning. Their art projects were amazing! I respected him so much as a teacher!
Around the same time we were both trying to start families. With help of modern medicine, we were able to have Abigail, and then Caitlin. However, his path to his family took a little longer, and with more bumps in the road.
A few months ago him and his wife received the beautiful gift of parenthood through adoption, only to have the birth mother change her mind. They had an hour to say goodbye to their child. He writes about it beautifully....
Most would be bitter and mad, but they were inspiring and optimistic.
And yesterday he shared that 2 weeks ago he received "the call" again and today, him and his wife have a beautiful daughter!
I am so inspired by adoption! I think it is the most selfless gift a birth mother and adoptive parents can give each other, and the child. And I am even more inspired by his story of hope and love!
With his permission, I share his blog with you! http://noahphipps.blogspot.com/
I should mention...as I said earlier...Noah is very creative! So his story of his 1st adoption is told in the stories in October...you may say "I only see stories of a wolf"....read deeper!!!
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