Open Letter, Four Years

Four years ago, we showed up at the hospital to become adoptive parents to a little girl. Ultimately, this would become one of those defining moments in life - where you see what you're made of under the most difficult of circumstances. This baby girl ended up not being placed in our care, but being kept by her mother. I'd like to share with you some thoughts that I wish I could send directly to her mother.

Dearest Friend,

I want to wish our girl a very Happy Birthday. I still think of her as a part of my heart, so I hope you don't mind me sharing in your love of her. My prayer for her is that she is happy and healthy. That all of your children are. I sincerely hope that you are able to care for your three girls, and any children that may have come along in the four years since we met.

I pray that our girl gets plenty of love from your whole family, and is able to grow to her fullest happy self. My hope would be that she is able to go to school and fulfill whatever dreams she might have for herself. Whether that be a doctor, lawyer, dancer, teacher, athlete, mother... whatever it is, I hope that she is supported and able to reach for the stars. The same goes for you. At the time, four years ago you were back in school trying to finish a program to better your ability to support your family. I sincerely hope that you were able to finish that, and that your circumstances have improved.

Above all else, I hope that you got my letter back then and that you don't hold on to any feelings from that time. I can't possibly imagine what you must have been going through in the hospital or the days before it. My heart can't fathom having to make a choice like that, but know that you were selfless in choosing us to potentially raise your child. Even though you chose to keep her, I know that you were just trying to make the best decision you could under difficult circumstances.

May God have given you peace in your heart over your decision. Honestly, I know you were scared and life comes at you very fast sometimes. I have thought of both of you every year on her birthday, and many other times. It wasn't long after she was born that I did become a mother - or maybe in a lot of ways, I did become a mother that morning... even though I didn't leave the hospital with a baby in my arms. I cried a lot, but I also put my faith and hope for your family & mine in the hands of God.

I'll never forget meeting you and your older girls at McDonald's in the days just before giving birth to our girl. I fell in love with your heart and spirit as I did with the sweet girl that would become my son's birthmother. I would have treasured that chance to be able to mentor you and get to follow along in the journey of your life.

Keep your head high. Trust in the Lord. Know that we love you and wish nothing but the best for all of you.

Forever in my heart,
Kim

Simple. Healthy. Dinner.

I'm so excited to announce a new program from Wildtree called Simple. Healthy. Dinner. It's a menu plan that you can download each month and it comes with all the grocery lists and photo recipes detailing each step to create your meal. You can choose to make them as freezer meals to be prepped ahead of time for the whole month for busy nights or you can prep them as you need them.

The amazing thing is that this inital month, you can get it 1/2 off! So you'll get $68 worth of products for only $34! If there is something on the menu plan you aren't a fan of -- for instance, I'm not a fish eater... swap it out for something else. You may need to adjust your cooking time slightly depending on what you change up, but you can also add extra proteins or veggies to stretch the meals farther for larger groups.

To order: click on the image - and either search for item #70000 or click on the "All The Rest" category of products. If you spend $50, you can additionally order one of the bundles in the green boxes for 1/2 price!

If you need assistance finding the grocery lists and recipes for the Simple. Healthy. Dinner. program or the Soups and Stews Menu, please email me and I will be glad to send it to you!

I also want to share the opportunity to bless your family for $49.95 plus shipping -- we all have different reasons for coming to different decisions, but there are several great reasons to join with Wildtree. Whether it be a career from home or just to get a discount on your family's groceries while cutting out all of the chemicals that we find in processed foods... you won't regret it. There are only 980 reps nationwide with this company -- which truly makes this a ground floor opportunity!

Click: either the image above or below, and then "Enroll Now"

I'm always looking for ladies that want to host virtual or home tastings and freezer meal workshops in their homes, please let me know if you'd be interested!