Reece's Rainbow

A friend of mine from high school just adopted a beautiful girl from Ukraine this past month (http://www.ahomefordarya.blogspot.com/). As I watched her chronicle her journey with the process, I started thinking more about these sweet children who have very little chance of finding a home. I have always had a heart for kids with Down Syndrome (DS) and Autism, and always thought that someday I could possibly have one. I just always thought it would be biologically. I'm the type of person who never has amniocentesis tests done during my pregnancies because it doesn't matter to me, I would keep the baby no matter what. I firmly believe God knows what he's doing and will never give me more than I can handle.

Recently, Barry and I have thrown around the idea of having one more baby. We want a boy so bad, but of course there's never a guarantee. So we thought we'd just take the chance and see. Then Marianne posted something on her Facebook page about a boy named Sam yesterday (http://www.reecesrainbow.org/). It made me wonder how much international adoption costs, and what the process is really like. So I've been asking questions and doing some research the past couple days. Who knows what the future will hold for us, but we are looking into the options and wondering if this is really possible for us. When I told Barry about it, he was as moved as I was. He said he'd been thinking about adoption, but hadn't even thought of kids with DS. We both fell in love with Micah (http://reecesrainbow.org/micah-5). I am hoping that I can get some donations posted for this sweet boy to be adopted by a family, even if it is not us. So, please view his page and post a donation of whatever can be afforded. I am going to pray for this little guy every day to be found by his forever family.

Thanks!
Shelly