The Little Couple and Adoption

Did you watch the season premiere of The Little Couple on TLC?

Jen and Bill traveled to India to adopt their beautiful daughter.  I have not really followed this couple though I've caught enough episodes to know they struggled with infertility and that Jen is a neat freak. I watched the adoption journey to Will because that vicarious journey to China brings back such fond memories for me.

I did tune in last night to watch the journey to India and was struck by two things in that episode.  Zoey reminded me of Julia.  Her pain of separation from all that she knew was immediate and intense.  My heart broke for her.  Adoption has been tugging at my heart lately, and I watched Zoey suffer and thought I could not do that again.  It is so hard.

However, Bill said something at the end of the episode that struck me.  He said, "These are our children.  We pursued them."  That reminded me of this post from over three years ago:

Pursued

It all comes back full circle, and it is amazing that one little word is a reminder that there is beauty in the story of adoption.  Yes, it starts off painfully, but what God does with that is amazing.  I still smile over simple things like greeting Wyatt in the carpool line at the end of a school day or laughing at Julia's silly confidence.  It is an amazing journey, and God-willing, this family will take it again.