Pure Love is This

I was just so overwhelmed today. I went to the doctor with one of my WithChild clients, who is a birthmother planning to place her child for adoption. We were all there: the birthmother, her teenage daughter, the adoptive parents and me. The love...the pure, unselfish love...that this woman is showing her unborn child by placing her for adoption is unbelievable. I have so much respect for her, because she is doing what she feels is best for her unborn daughter, at great cost to herself. Every time I am around her I am struck by her grace in the midst of this difficult circumstance. Of course, I am also very happy for the adoptive family...knowing the blessing that will soon penetrate every nook and cranny of their lives and their hearts.