tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post6951089931740292836..comments2023-04-16T08:56:17.513-06:00Comments on A Closer Walk: What Do You Say to Someone Who Gives You Their Child?Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215416885652145501noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-78820598253988009132016-01-15T21:09:07.276-07:002016-01-15T21:09:07.276-07:00Thanks Christine!Thanks Christine!Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215416885652145501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-40518915399778856832016-01-15T19:43:41.273-07:002016-01-15T19:43:41.273-07:00Just beautiful! I'm sure the gratefulness jus...Just beautiful! I'm sure the gratefulness just pours out of you every time you look at your boys. What a strong and courageous women she was to give her boys to you! Blessings always!Christine Leebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00977682154027653277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-61471397045400060532015-07-10T23:00:35.462-06:002015-07-10T23:00:35.462-06:00Thanks for your kind words Karen. They mean a lot....Thanks for your kind words Karen. They mean a lot.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215416885652145501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-39920940258820724882015-07-10T22:34:57.166-06:002015-07-10T22:34:57.166-06:00So very touching, I am sure I would never be able ...So very touching, I am sure I would never be able to articulate something as meaningful, as beautifully as you have... So much to think about... I wish I were a writer. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-12346610896449128772014-05-12T19:11:32.210-06:002014-05-12T19:11:32.210-06:00Thanks Diane!Thanks Diane!Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215416885652145501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-82358059279800900282014-05-12T13:12:09.373-06:002014-05-12T13:12:09.373-06:00This is so sweet Robyn, and you have loved them we...This is so sweet Robyn, and you have loved them well. You and Vince have kept your promise and I know you will continue to!Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282332798895091321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-87375834345905116932014-05-11T15:52:42.182-06:002014-05-11T15:52:42.182-06:00Thanks Norma and Michele! I know you both feel the...Thanks Norma and Michele! I know you both feel the way I feel. There just are no words to express the depth of feeling to these women, for how they have blessed us. Happy Mother's Day to you both!<br />Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215416885652145501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-82037300060807265392014-05-11T11:55:18.884-06:002014-05-11T11:55:18.884-06:00Still brings me to tears! Thank you for speaking ...Still brings me to tears! Thank you for speaking my heart!Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607268360669752867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-74505551556750288952014-05-11T09:53:42.556-06:002014-05-11T09:53:42.556-06:00Beautiful, Robyn! I have written those letters too...Beautiful, Robyn! I have written those letters too! No words to express how humble and blessed it makes me feel to be entrusted with two lives that might never have been a part of me had their moms chosen differently!Norma Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080169069595433127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-17109440018392473892013-08-02T21:23:08.732-06:002013-08-02T21:23:08.732-06:00So beautifully said! I am going to print this out...So beautifully said! I am going to print this out for CJ to read when he is older. It is so hard to put into words and you did a GREAT job! Thank youQMichelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607268360669752867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-1879726890149640262013-08-02T10:23:10.968-06:002013-08-02T10:23:10.968-06:00Thanks for sharing your story Chris. I love hearin...Thanks for sharing your story Chris. I love hearing the adult perspective, since I have only been on this side. I'm so glad adoption is a biblical concept and am so grateful that God has adopted us into His family.There really is a lot of love to go around in adoption. Blessings to you and your family.<br />Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215416885652145501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-71816043021564612012013-08-02T07:59:58.312-06:002013-08-02T07:59:58.312-06:00Robyn, what a precious thought to share. I tend to...Robyn, what a precious thought to share. I tend to forget this part of my story because my parents are the only mom and dad I've known. But 32 years ago my birth mom was giving me up and my parents were figuring out a response as you were. My parents couldn't have children and they may not have had me. My birth mom could have decided as you mentioned to have an abortion, and as my mom describes it, that's what she was told to do by her boyfriend at the time. She instead went to live in a home away from what she knew, away from her family, and after 9 months of being uncomfortable she gave me up rather than the alternative. I thought it was interesting her request. She wasn't a believer, but she asked for a Christian family to adopt me. She knew I would be well taken care of. I tend to forget those moments and feelings I'm sure my parents and my bio mom had that day. Thanks for giving me some perspective. God is most certainly faithful, and his hand is all over my story and yours. He's most definitely the greatest adoptive parent of all! Thankful for his love and acceptance! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-46766978939690306202013-08-01T22:21:52.326-06:002013-08-01T22:21:52.326-06:00Thank you for reading and for your kind comments. ...Thank you for reading and for your kind comments. I love sharing how loving the boy's birth mother was. I admire her and am so incredibly thankful and blessed to have these boys. They have been such a blessing to our family and we all love them so much.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215416885652145501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-8722159694426986912013-08-01T13:57:45.416-06:002013-08-01T13:57:45.416-06:00I have tears in my eyes from reading this. Thank y...I have tears in my eyes from reading this. Thank you Robyn for writing such a moving and heartfelt tribute to the birth mother. I couldn't imagine giving up a child. It was hard enough watching my son drive away last week for 17 days. What a blessing you received 14 years ago. Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752195414527923789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-34978190504506983402013-08-01T11:23:28.709-06:002013-08-01T11:23:28.709-06:00Thank you for writing this. Watching a birth mothe...Thank you for writing this. Watching a birth mother go through life loving and missing her child her whole is not easy. Her grief consuming her. It is a comfort to know that the woman who is now the mother of Her child loves as deeply as she loves, so that the child who is loved twice over know it. Thank Robin for being a mother.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792427242709906923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145584689575307553.post-41127637541218673502013-08-01T10:26:29.942-06:002013-08-01T10:26:29.942-06:00A beautiful piece about stepping into what God giv...A beautiful piece about stepping into what God gives you. We should all be so grace-filled when we receive a blessing of this magnitude. We may say thank-you but it's inadequate. Thanks Robyn.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12318035040721787008noreply@blogger.com