World Adoption Day

Today is world adoption day. These smiles don’t mean that adoption is all happy or wonderful. Adoption is actually best seen in holding and embracing the hard and the broken with the joy and connection. Adoption does not mean what is lost becomes unlost or what’s broken becomes unbroken. It means we have the sacred privilege to hold their joys and sorrows, behold their loss and grieve and wonder and lament hand in hand. These smiles are our reminder to see them, hear them, make space to see both the beauty and the pain and embrace the beauty of redemption along the way. #worldadoptionday#adoption#indiaadoption#chinaadoption