My gardener was over the other day and he was mesmerized at Tin and our “choice” in picking a black baby. I told him he’s a brown baby, if we are being color specific. He asked us why we chose a black baby.<\/p>\n
We didn’t specify in our secular prayers a color, a gender, or even a type of baby – we set out on this long journey a decade ago when I put my foot down at 40 that I was having a baby come hell or high water, with or without my husband. Then ensued a long road to get here replete with miscarriages, then high water, and most certainly hell, then failed pregnancy attempts, failed adoptions, and WALA – Tin!<\/p>\n
When I look at Tin and hold him in my arms, I know why all my prayers were unanswered. It was not in my cards to stay in Marin and have a family with Steve. It was not in my cards for T to get pregnant in Croatia. It was not in my cards for us to adopt K’s baby or W’s baby. Tin was in our cards. He was the prayer we had not spoken.<\/p>\n
Thank god for unanswered prayers and for our little brown baby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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