Happy Birthday Dear Friend!

For my friend Kelly Dirkes.... you see today is her birthday and when you become a mother like she has just a short time ago life seems to have a new meaning. Kelly like many people I know including myself traveled across the ocean to embrace her daughter, and not only that, it was her very first and only daughter (so far ;). I prayed for her and advocated to help bring her Little Charlotte  home. Why? Because that's what I do. To imagine a little one with no mama just breaks my heart. To know a mamas breaking heart that is longing for her daughter is something else. Knowing that God calls us to care for the least of these holds me accountable. By the way I am positive I am not the only one. So back to Kelly's birthday she wants no gifts, no party she wants to find a home for a little girl that grabbed a hold of her heart. This little girl wants a mommy and daddy so badly. I can tell you through my own experience what its like to take a leap of faith and fight for these little ones. I can tell you what its like when you embrace a child who has never felt the safe warm touch of a mother. When you grab hold their little faces light up and giggles seep out of them. How? Because I have the blessing of not one but two of those little ones.
They all deserve a family. Only 5 short months ago Matvey laid in a crib just
waiting for someone to fight for him. Little did he know we were fighting
and not for one moment would I regret one little minute.


That's right I said two and little Miss Varvara was worth storming Heaven for.


OH Yes!!! Kelly's birthday wish, you must  read on, this was copied from her blog. It's  a simple wish, just a simple wish from a mother who knows about sacrifice and love. Please share little Kacey's story, she longs for a family who will love her. There are links highlighted if you want to help her or who knows maybe your her mama and just realized you are missing someone in your family.

From Kelly:
She begins her daily walk toward me, uneven and slightly halting, as soon as she sees the groupa room door open.

Before long, her arms are wrapped around my leg and she is looking up at me.

She doesn’t make a sound.  She doesn’t have to.  Her piercing blue eyes speak volumes.

When is someone coming for me?  Can someone love me, just as I am?

And then I wake, brokenhearted all over again. 

Kacey.


One of the ones we left behind.  The only child with special needs in Charlotte’s former groupa that does not have a mama coming for her.

At some point at the end of that first trip, Kacey stopped asking me if I was her mama.  Maybe it was hearing me respond “nyet” each time she asked.  Maybe one of her caregivers explained.  Maybe she just knew.  She simply resigned herself to being left behind—again.

On the second and third trips, Kacey would simply hug my leg and stare up at me.  I will never know what Kacey was asking for in those silent moments—but I will never forget how her body relaxed and melted into me when I would reach down and stroke her fine blonde hair.

She deserves love all the time, not just when families are passing through her groupa room.

She deserves comfort from a family while she recovers from surgeries for her Apert Syndrome.

She deserves acceptance and opportunity and a family to help her blossom.

Think about it.

Is she your daughter?

If you think she might be, please contact Reece’s Rainbow.

If adopting is not something you can do right now, please share this blog post and her picture.

Donate to her grant fund.  It only has $200 in it right now.

Please help me show Kacey that she isn’t forgotten—and that there is someone, somewhere dreaming of making her their daughter.

Share the love.

Kelly's sweet Charlotte. She  has been home for just a short time. Look at her light up!
Abandon for four years.
Loved for the rest of her life.

Posted in: on Friday, April 20, 2012 at at 1:10 PM 0 comments  

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