A year ago this last Friday (the 21st) Ava's unknown biological father's right were terminated. Her birth mom gave a list of several names as 'possible fathers'. Only two were full names and only one of those men was located and he denied being her father, so no paternity test was ordered. The rights to those two men, as well as the rights to a "John Doe" were terminated, making it impossible for a man to come forward in the future and try to take her from us. As we look back to the year we spent waiting to see if we could adopt her, we are reminded along the way at the 'anniversary' of some of these bigger dates how amazingly faithful God was (and is) to our sweet Ava Jane, as well as to our family. I wanted to share again the words I wrote to my amazing husband this last Father's Day.
As I was thinking about Father's Day this year, I couldn't help but think about Ava entering into our family. Watching Todd take in an 'orphaned' child and care for her like his own flesh and blood is like nothing else. It took Todd a little bit of time to fully bond with her and to truly love her as his own, and most of that, for both of us, was guarding our hearts in case she left. But from that very first moment I placed Ava in his arms, even though Todd was overwhelmed, scared and even a little like "What have we just done?!", Ava never knew that. He loved on her, talked to her, kissed her tiny little face and made her feel safe, just like a Daddy would do. It didn't matter that she wasn't biologically his. Watching him fall in love with her has been an amazing blessing for me to watch. Most likely, Ava will never know who her biological father is, but she will never know a time when she wasn't loved by her Daddy. Her Daddy will take her hand through life and teach her all she needs to know. She can grip his finger and know he will always protect her. And most importantly, her Daddy will teach her that she has a Heavenly Father who loves her even more and is the ultimate protecter. God had a plan that we have so been blessed to see unfold. God always intended Todd to be Ava's Daddy. I'm sure there will always be a bit of curiosity on her part as to who her biological father is, but she will never doubt for a moment who her real Daddy is.
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