Every person who has ever advocated for the orphan knows all too well that there are days when it feels so utterly heartbreaking. \u00a0Children who literally wait for years for someone to come for them age out (become unadoptable). \u00a0Children who are very ill pass away in horrendous orphanages before knowing the love of a family. Teenagers who see many younger children adopted from their orphanages beg for a family of their own…but no one ever comes. If you’re even remotely immersed in this community of adoptive parents or if you\u00a0use their voices to shout for the ones left behind, you know the heartbreak that comes every time we see or hear a story of another precious child who we lost. It’s hard!<\/p>\n
But then there are the other stories. \u00a0The ones that remind me that no matter how heart-stretching advocacy can be, it is so, so absolutely worth it! They’re the stories that remind me that every<\/em> life is valuable and precious and worth fighting for.<\/p>\n