The Less Than "Perfect" Twin....

my heart is broken.  last night our fb family's world was rocked when we heard that a set of twins were born in arkansas who had adoptive parents waiting to take them home. one twin did, in fact, go home. the other twin was born with Down syndrome and was left in tenuous health at the hospital with a do-not-resuscitate order. cries went out for a family willing to drop everything and be this boy's advocate and hopefully adoptive parents.  parents who were home study ready, preferably close by.   as of the last posting that i saw today, there is one homestudy ready family in arkansas who is contacting robin steele, who is with the dsagc national ds adoption program, to inquire about the situation!!   many of us are praying that this will be the baby's family.....

as posts were flying all over facebook night, there was of course heartbreak, sadness, anger, exasperation, frustration....so many emotions over this upsetting situation.   it was hard to even write about it, with tears threatening.  how could a family refuse a baby who they had committed to adopt?  i can't even begin to conceive such action.  and how could they be allowed to take the "perfect" child?  none of us are ever promised perfection.   as tim has told me many times, there are no guarantees in life.  it is beyond my comprehension..... yet 92% of parents who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Ds choose to abort their precious babies.   so why should i be so shocked that a family would choose not to take a child with Ds? 

because i know of so many families right now who are in the process of adopting children with Ds,  internationally as well as in the united states.  families who are making tremendous sacrifices to be forever families to these precious children.   families who are choosing life for these babies, instead of new cars, new and bigger homes, vacations, the list goes on as to the sacrifices these families are choosing to make.  CHOOSING TO MAKE!!!!    to save a life......

God has been at work in my heart about these precious babies with Ds who need homes.   am i called to adopt?   not that i know of right now.   am i called to pray for forever homes for these babies?  yes!   am i called to support these adoptive families?  yes!   and i can tell others!    a fb friend sent me a message last night entitled "look what you started!" because of my post about this little twin.....she had been online researching adoption, knowing that she couldn't save this little one, but seeking information....the possibility of adopting at some time in the future.  i assured her that i will be praying for her as she pursues God's will in this area of her life! 

what are you called to do?  are you called to adopt?  to support others who are adopting?  to pray?   we must each DO what we are called to do........