Makenna is ours

We have felt much love from family and friends during the last three weeks of excitement and fear. I look back over the last few years and see the Lord's tender mercies in preparing us to adopt Makenna.

The night before court, last Thursday, we were getting ready for bed and reading scripture stories when we heard a "bang bang." We immediately look around and said, "Where's Makenna?" We ran into our bedroom to find Makenna banging on the keyboard, man is she fast. On Spencer's flat screen monitor was scribbled blue permanent marker. It was one of those moments where we froze and took ten deep breathes. For a moment we questioned our decision to adopt Makenna. But then we remembered the confirmation we have had that we ARE making the RIGHT choice. The next morning Makenna's birth Mom relinquished all rights to us. Court went well and Sarah appears to be confident in her decision and isn't looking back. Because she considers me her "Mom," she doesn't have the same concerns and issues to work through that other birth mothers do. Sarah is an angel that has given our family an amazing gift that will bless us through the eternities. We look forward to being sealed to Makenna in March.