In a matter of hours, on October 6, 2015,
Jadon Andrew will have been an official member of the Taylor family for FOUR years.
He wasn't expected, He was selected...
Adoption changed him, forever.
An orphan no more.
He grew, by leaps and bounds.
from skin and bones at 3 years old and 15 lbs. to....
a robust 34 lbs a year later
He's thinned out a bit and grown about 15 inches in 4 years too
He's pretty pleased :)
It wasn't love, he wouldn't have it. It wasn't food, he ate well. It was simple socialization, touch and interaction that helped him grow and flourish and many, many people just don't understand--cannot grasp that concept.
Do I love him? Absolutely, very much! And, much to my delight, he accepts that love today and seeks it out even. But, when he first came home, there was no love from him. No acceptance of love given. He simply had no idea what love was or what love did for him.
Love sent his father and I across the ocean. Love for him, a tiny waif we had never seen, touched or held and Shawn and I loved him. Sight unseen. We.Loved.Him. We loved him just enough to keep moving forward when the whole idea seemed absolutely impossible and insane to even some of our own family members. We knew, somehow deep inside we knew, Jadon was ours--though he wasn't the one we originally set out to rescue. Jadon set out to redeem our hearts, and, he did.
There's a family adopting a tiny waif just across the seas in an Eastern European country and this FRIDAY he becomes an official Stacey. They hope to leave at the end of this month and are in the final stages of the berthing pains of raising funds to alleviate the financial burden that accompanies adoptions.
Friends, I've not blogged in a long time. A very long time. But I am begging you to help this family. You can donate to them through Reece's Rainbow if you like for the donation to be tax deductible at
If you'd like to donate directly to the family leave a message here and I will be happy to tell you how to do that too.
Can you please help donate friends, this family has been trying so very hard to raise these funds. They are in the final stages, just a few weeks left to raise $2000.00
Hit me up on Facebook and I'll get you a link to their fundraiser over there too.
We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their name. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do. EVERYTHING CHANGES.
~~David Platt~~
Meet the newest member of the Stacey Family
Please, do what you can, share if you will. Every little bit helps and EVERYTHING CHANGES.