Tonight while praying Julia made this request of God, " That Jed's mommy won't be sad when we take her baby from her."
Josh quickly recognized the need for some explanation about adoption and what it means. He explained at a six year old level that we do not take a baby from his mommy but that his mommy will give him to us. He told her that sometimes when a mommy has a child with Down syndrome she doesn't know what to do so she wants someone else to take care of her baby.
Julia's response, "Good thing we know how to because we have Hannah."
Julia then had this thought. "When you have 99 babies your going to have to give some away."
Josh realized Julia needed some reassurance that we would not be giving her or her sisters away. He told her we were keeping her, Sarah and Hannah forever.
What a gift it is to share these little moments of understanding with our kids.
How great to have these moments and have them written down to remember always. It is a precious gift for sure!
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