MARIBETH OBEYS GOD'S VOICE
Names have been changed to protect privacy.
Over the weekend we stayed with our adopted son's birth grandparents. His half/birth sisters came to see him; one of them told Jake that she could hardly sleep the night before she was so excited to see him. The birth sisters and birth grandparents have come to see him several times. This was our first trip back there since Ben's birth. While we were there I wanted to help my cousin with her healing. I invited her to come to lunch with us and see Ben (the first time for her to see him since the birth). The birth sisters and the birth grandparents told me she will not come; she will make up some excuse and not come. She came and was so blessed. She sat next to Ben and they talked and laughed, it was very healing for her. On the phone I told her how we would always tell Ben how she had made an unselfish decision, trying to do the best for him. We will tell him she loved him so much, and it hurt her so much. We went to see the birthfather's mother, the paternal birth grandmother. She has been very hard on my cousin and refuses to talk to her and will not allow her in her house. She says that my cousin should not have placed the baby for adoption. She also kept telling her son that it was probably not his son. Well, she told us she was so happy to see the baby, that she never thought she would get to see him. She said that she could see the family resemblance. She told her son that he should try to see his son while he was in town. (A big change of attitude on her part.) That kind of gave her son the permission to do what he wanted to do in the first place. He asked my cousin to bring Ben by K-Mart (where he works) so he could see him. I told Ben, this is Robbie, can you give him a hug? Ben did not know this was a momentous occasion. He went to him and put his arms up for Robbie to pick him up. Robbie hugged him and looked like he was going to cry. He was so thankful, and then Ben ran off--and I took off after him so I did not hear the 'goodbyes', but I know it was good for him and I know some healing was started. It is funny--we were so happy and we didn't know they were still running around with open wounds and hurting so much. But now they can start healing. God is so good how He led us to go there and help them on their road to healing deliverance. I told all of them that I don't think that more people loving or caring about Ben is a bad thing. I want him to be surrounded by lots of love.
Love,
Maribeth
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