Special Day

Today was an amazing day in our house. Marlon adopted Isaiah. Now what we already have all known and felt in our hearts, that Marlon is Isaiah's dad...is official for all other intents and purposes. I can't even express the utter joy it was to have this be final. While it may also seem a bit sad because it means that someone chose to step away from knowing what an amazing child Isaiah is...I truly believe that this situation is part of Isaiah's walk and that Marlon is God's gift to Isaiah and to me. To have to verbalize why Marlon is a fit father for Isaiah brought me to tears. Explaining out loud how a man could step in from 6 weeks old and treat a child so much as his own...his whole family so much as their own...that our children never even knew he was not his blood father...that is a true rarity. It's so easy to see. To hear Marlon say why he wants to be Isaiah's father...I am so thankful for this day. When I think of the painful things that I did and sinful ways I behaved...God is so good. So gracious...so merciful. He can take such a bleak siutation and make it fully good, fully beautiful...if you only trust in Him, turn to Him, rely on Him. A very wonderful moment was when the guardian ad litem added that she wanted the court to know in her many years she felt we were one of the most stable, loving homes she had ever come across. That is God. That someone would look at us and say those words...that is a true testiment to God in our lives and our desire to live by His will.
Here are some pictures of our day. God's blessings on each of you reading this.


Father and son...what more is there to say?


All of us with the judge...she was such a wonderful lady.