In the car yesterday Nadia requested that we listen to Casting Crowns album “Until the Whole World Hears.” So we are running errands and the song “Always Enough” came on. Part of the lyrics say: peace to the broken/faith for the widow/hope for the orphan/strength for the weak.
Nadia – What’s a widow? – So I explained.
Nadia – so they are sad? Louanne – yes.
Nadia – what’s an orphan? Louanne – a child without a mommy or a daddy.
Nadia – so they need hope from God? Louanne – yes.
Nadia – where do orphans live? Louanne – in an orphange.
Nadia – Like Amelie? Louanne – yes
Nadia – wait, like me? Louanne – yes, you were an orphan before God made you part of our family when we adopted you.
Nadia – I love my daddy and mommy.
I had tears streaming down my face. Nadia knows that we adopted her and that “the nice ladies at the orphanage took care of me”, but this was the first time she asked/realized what orphan meant.
Later that night she asked again about widows and orphans when she heard the song again. She asked Mike if all babies were born orphans. So we talked some more about it. I am so thankful that Nadia and Amelie are our girls and that God saw fit to add them to our family. But my heart does break for the day when she asks, “Who had me in her belly?” or another variation.
Thank goodness God is “Always Enough” and will be on that day.
