Sawyer to me: "When I grow up, I want to travel all around the world visiting orphanages and taking care of the kids who have no mom or dad. Can I make a life doing that?"
Me: "That would be an extraordinary life."
Sawyer: "No, I mean, can I like, make money doing that?"
Me (bubble burst): "Oh. No.....not so much."
(I did however go on to explain the idea of raising support, so his dream isn't entirely dead. Just on life-support! ;) )
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Recently, the kids and I (mostly Sawyer and Chloe) had what has become a pretty typical conversation in the car. They asked why parents would EVER have to give up their children. Some friends of ours are fostering to adopt, and the question came up about the little girl's parents. I explained some various reasons that make it difficult or impossible for parents around the world to appropriately care for their children: poverty, drug abuse, jail, illness etc..... (we just lay it out there around here).
A few minutes passed, and then Sawyer said, "I wish Cooper was still in China with his birth family."
Me: "Why is that? You don't like having Cooper in our family?"
Sawyer: "No, I like having Cooper in our family. I LOVE it! I just wish he didn't have to lose his birth family in China. It makes me sad that he lost them, and I'm sad that it will make him sad when he realizes it."
Me: "Me too, buddy. Me too."
3 comments:
Jenna, our oldest two kids sound so much alike. that sooo sounds like something J would say. Your stories of Chloe remind me of Indigo, too. What a sweet, sweet boy you are raising. He has so much emotional intelligence for his age!
What a precious child of God!
And if Sawyer figures out a way to make money doing his dream, ask him to pass it along ~ this grown up wants to join him!
heavy stuff and very sad.....when we talk about it we say that it makes God sad too. By God's design Cooper WOULD still be with his birth family, and so would Mya. Unfortunately we live in an imperfect and fallen world and because of sin and our circumstances things aren't always the way they should be. But God sent a redeemer and He is very good at redeeming sad situations and breathing new life into all of us. We thank God that He had a redeeming plan for our little girl!
Maybe Sawyer would decide that his riches in heaven totally outweigh any monetary value here on earth :)
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