She was born on Christmas Eve to a brave mother who decided to give her child a different life. She was a mother of two and her husband was in jail. She needed help and knew that she could not support this baby.
That special day is when two stories collided.
Jeff and I have been on the journey to adopt since beginning paperwork in June of 2009. We found an agency in Georgia that we had an instant connection with called Covenant Care. I have wanted to adopt my entire life, but Jeff took a little time to investigate the process and then wholeheartedly jumped into this new adventure.
We believe adoption is a beautiful picture of humanity supporting one another in difficult times, it’s about women having an option to choose life for their child, and it’s about a multi-ethnic world that chooses love over skin color. The great injustice is that millions of orphans in our world are in need of a place to call home and a family to care for their needs. A great misunderstanding in the adoption story is who is the hero. Let me be clear, the hero in this story is not me, I am the person that has simply been blessed.
Jada Rae has joined our family today because of an amazing birth mother that made the most difficult decision anyone could ever make and we are forever grateful. She chose us, we said yes, and in 4 days became parents. Our lives have drastically changed and we pray that we might raise a strong woman who will one day change the world. It all begins with making those tough decisions, and we hope to remind her always of her loving and strong birth mother that first made a difficult decision.
Jada Rae – may you be strong and courageous, not defined by any boundaries or boxes, always believing, always questioning, always loving others, so that one day this world may be a better place because of your imprint.
