I know you need to find this part of you to belong…
For so long I tried to stop you I know I was wrong..
You need this part of you to feel complete…
I know it has nothing to do with the love you have for me…
I guess I am just nervous and also very scared…
I know the love we have nothing can compare…
So I will let you go and do all you ask of me…
For I know that in doing this you can be all you need to be…
Before you go let me give you something to take with you…
You’ll need it when you get there it will help you through…
Remember this my child that your birth mom gave you birth this is true….
I am the one who gave you love sweetheart like only a real mom can do
by Twila Terrell
Used with Permission
I can certainly feel your heart strings being pulled tight. I too
have a son that is adopted. He has and continues to be our delight,
handed to us directly from the hand of God. He was contacted by his
birth family when he was about 20 years old. I was scared, fearing
the worst, but knew this was something he needed and encouraged him
to meet them.
He came home from the first time meeting and with tears said, “Mom,
if I didn’t completely understand how truly blessed I was before to
have you and dad, I KNOW how lucky I am now more than ever.”
Trust in what you have given your child and most of all what God has
given you.
Thanks for reaching out and touching my life today!
Dear Twila– I also am a real MOM to my birth child- even throughout
the 33 years of our separation. Know that my poem follows- know also
that we reunited and what a blessing to both families and the involved
child!
Lord, Please take this child of mine
Teach him faith, give love divine
Don’t let the sins of life take hand,
Teach him to hear His Lord’s command.
Grant him patience, love and hope
With earthly trials help him cope
And if we leave this earth unknown-
Take our souls to grace thy throne.
I gave him life, that’s very true
I signed my name so you could guide him through.
This child is rich in love, you know
For many families treasure him so.
Know we birth mom’s offer you deepest thanks
Know also that this child remains tucked beneath my heart forever-even
as he lives in yours!
I was blessed to meet my son’s adopted mother a few months before she
died.
She thanked me for bringing her son into her life- and I thanked her for
returning him into my arms. Myra