My Precious Kid® - Precious Kids Newsletter
April 2004

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Subjects: Homeschool / Adoption / Parenting / Work at Home
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What Makes A Mother?

by Kay Green, PreciousKids.org
Copyright 2004

A mother can come in may forms:
~A mother can be a woman who conceives, births, and raises a child given to
her by God. She is what we as a society see as a mother.
~A mother can be a young woman who finds herself pregnant, unable to
parent, who chooses life for her child by placing him for adoption. In
choosing life for her child she becomes a mother. She will not be that baby’
s parent but she is his birth mother.
~A mother can be the one who prays for a baby she does not carry in her
womb. She becomes the mother and parent to a child given in adoption. She is
there in the night, in sickness, in health, in joy, and in sadness. She is
her mother.
~A mother can be a woman who takes on the care of another’s children
through foster care or guardianship. She gives her life to loving them. They
see her as mother.
I read the story of a man who parented a little boy that he believe to be
his biological son. At age 10 he found out he may not be his biological
parent and considered leaving the child. I thought how sad. He is the only
Father that child knows. He IS his father. Blood alone does not make you
more of a father or not.

I am a blessed woman. God has blessed me by allowing me to be a mother to 4
wonderful children. Three of them I gave birth to. One we adopted. Yet I am
mother to all of them. There is no difference. My love them will last a
lifetime and is unconditional. I am their mother!
What a blessing from God to be called mother. It is my highest calling!

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Haley's Adoption Story

by Kay Green, PreciousKids.org
Copyright 2000


A phone call Sunday, March 5, 2000 was the end of 7 years of waiting and the
start of a new beginning in our lives. The call was telling us that our new
child's birth mother's water broke and she was in the hospital and we should
come to Nebraska.

Let me start at the beginning. I am Kay. We live in rural Oregon. I am a 42
year old mother of 3 wonderful homegrown children, Melissa 19, Jordan 16,
Allison 14. I have been married to my best friend Russell for 22 years. For
the last 7 years I have known and prayed for the other child I knew was
still to join our family.

Last November I started talking with a young woman who emailed me after
seeing our information on my web site http://www.preciouskids.org/ . She was
looking for a family for her unborn baby. Christmas week she asked us to
parent her baby. I then began 8 weeks of preparation to breastfeed our
adopted child.

March 6, 2000 Miss Haley Elizabeth was born to a wonderful young high school
couple who chose to give her life and place her with us. We arrived in
Nebraska 24 hours after that Sunday evening phone call and phoned the
hospital. We were told, "You have a baby girl!" We could not get there fast
enough. We still had 3 hours of driving to go. We arrived when she was 5
hours old. That night we met Connie and Mike and their family for the first
time. We met our daughter! What a joyful, emotional, and confusing time.
After a couple of hours we had to leave them to go to the hotel for the
night. It was so difficult to leave our daughter.

The next morning we arrived at the hospital. Connie was alone with the baby
so Russell left to run some errands so I could visit with Connie alone.
After being assured by Connie that we were going forward with the adoption,
I asked if I could nurse her. Connie knew of my plans and preparation and
was supportive. She said yes! I put the baby to my breast and she latched on
perfectly. She knew exactly what to do. What joy and bonding I felt at that
instant. Connie later told the social worker how much it meant to her to see
me nurse Haley and bond with her so quickly.

The rest of the day we spent at the hospital. That afternoon Connie went
home. That was an emotional time for all of us. Connie and Mike love her so
much. It was very difficult for them. They knew they were making the best
choice for Haley. I nursed her and held her most of the day. That evening we
had to leave her in the hospital again as we went back to the hotel. The
next morning we returned early to spend the day with our daughter. That
evening her birth parents returned to the hospital to sign the paper
releasing Haley to us. We then walked out of the hospital with a new
daughter.

That night we met Connie and Mike and Connie's family at their church where
we had a wonderful ceremony dedicating ourselves to loving Haley and raising
her to the Lord. We had asked Connie and Mike to be Haley's God-parents.
Afterwards we put Haley in her car seat. Russell and I walked to the car as
we left Haley with Connie and Mike so they could say their good-byes. After
several minutes they brought her to us in the car and we said goodbye. That
is the last time we saw them. We returned to the hotel to hold and watch the
miracle daughter God had brought to us. As we lay in bed and I nursed her to
sleep, such a great sense of peace flooded me. I had a new daughter!

Monday 3-13-2000 Haley and I arrived home to Oregon to meet our other
children Melissa 17, Jordan 15, and Allison 12. Russell had flown home 3
days earlier, while I stayed in Nebraska to wait for the Interstate Compact
approval to take the baby home.

I stayed in the home of a wonderful woman I met online. Her family had also
adopted. In her home Haley and I got to know each other and got used to our
nursing relationship.

Melissa, Jordan and Allison could not wait to each hold her. They will be
wonderful big brothers and sisters. Melissa had no college that week and has
taken the week off work to be home and help me. I home school Jordan and
Allison so they are home too. It is a sweet time with our new family member.

PS. We continue to have a wonderful open relationship with Mike & Connie. We
send emails and photos every month and have occasional phone calls. Mike &
Connie and their families sent Haley birthday and Christmas presents. We
brought home lots of mementos from Nebraska to be able to share with Haley
where she was born. Haley is truly blessed to be loved by 2 families.

See Haley's photos at http://www.preciouskids.org/haley.html

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When Mommy's Your Name

The telephone's ringing, the TV is blaring.
Sister is crying' cause Brother's not sharing.
There's a spill on the carpet that no one will claim.
There's no time for sitting when Mommy's your name.

The laundry is folded but not put away.
The dishes you just washed are from yesterday.
Without any warning your relatives came.
There's no getting caught up when Mommy's your name.

You drive to the market, you drive to the school
You drive to the cleaners, you drive the carpool
You drive yourself crazy, it's really a shame.
There's no time for resting when Mommy's your name.

To your bedroom you sneak to find peace for a minute,
but your minute is over before you begin it.
Your little one finds you and thinks it's a game.
There's no time for hiding when Mommy's your name.

At night as you kneel to thank heaven above you,
An angel creeps in and says, "Mommy, I love you."
You may not know glory or fortune or fame,
but what does it matter when Mommy's your name?
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-By Jacey Reynolds
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