A Christmas Miracle

This is Kalia... if you remember, awhile back, I posted this post and asked if you would mind helping out this family get their daughter.

Well, they got TA, which in adoption world means they can travel! In fact, they are traveling THIS FRIDAY and will be meeting Kalia on Christmas day! Can you even imagine how amazing that is - what a gift!

The problem though is still the money.... as you can imagine, traveling around Christmas has sky-rocketed their airfaire, along with a few other incidental costs that have all gone up. But! They are only about $2,300 short from being completely funded... so what do you say we help be part of a real Christmas miracle and bring a daughter to her family - a daughter who has been waiting 10 years for a family.... can you imagine waiting 10 years not knowing if anyone was coming for you, and then you find out they are.... could you stand that wait?

Most of us cant afford to give a super amount of money, but from experience... $1, $2, $5, $10 can make a huge difference.... HUGE! It really does all add up.

And if that wasnt enough, they are having a fundraiser/giveaway and giving away an IPAD2 - which would make a pretty sweet gift for yourself or to give away... theyve also got some other sweet prizes as well.

So please go visit this family's blog and take a minute to read their story and add a little bit to their "Christmas with Kalia" chip in on the right... you will be so glad that you did, and you will know that you really made a difference this Christmas.

Lets all be part of this Christmas miracle!

Think About It...

Take a look at our little boy - who isnt so little anymore.... he just turned 7 when this picture was taken. This was the first time we got to celebrate Wallace's birthday WITH him. I had to go through his previous 2 birthdays knowing that we were his family, but we couldnt be with him. Broke my mama's heart every time I thought about it.... especially since we missed his 6th birthday by one week.

Now take a look at this family http://mattmandi.blogspot.com/2011/11/birthday-wish.html - they are going through the same thing right now. And even more heartbreaking is that their daughter knows she has a family -so she is probably missing celebrating with her family just as much as they are.

But... you can help! You can make them both feel a little less alone.... and you could win some really cool prizes too. They are doing a giveaway for an Ipad2and some really cool jewelry that would make perfect presents for those hard to shop for grandmothers that say "dont get me anything".... :)

Or even if you cant make that big of a donation, I know personally, that even $1 makes a huge difference. From experience, adoption is hard... and its really hard to humble yourself and fundraise... it can beat your heart up really fast. So even if someone could only afford to give us $1, it lifted our spirits up more than we could truly express and it often left me crying from thankfulness.

So I dont know where you are or what you are doing... but now is the Christmas season - which if you ask my kids, they will tell you is Jesus' birthday. Let's honor that and give Him a gift that He would truly love... one less child without a family. Lets make this Kalia's last birthday apart from hers.