Abba Father:
When the sun went down last night,
I watched the brilliant interplay of lights,
Reflected on the seas glassness,
I cannot watch without joy, grief and sadness.
There’s a link between You and artists,
We understand how the urge begins to start this.
You are the greatest of all God’s Creations,
Through different mediums You answer our questions,
And maybe are able to speak to those not Your’s,
By working through us to make our art ours.
Such, I think is the fate of our lives,
Tied to color, shapes and shadows,
Attached to light, shades and what does and doesn’t go.
For a bit Lord, I feel connected to You,
By something we both do.
–d.f.a.v. 7/29/15
—Donna
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Who Am I? (A Guest Post Story by My Daughter)
This story was written by my daughter. On her own initiative she decided to make her writing project for her 6th grade Language Arts a story about adoption.
She graciously agreed to allow me to post it on fvbf (Faith View by Faye) to help bring awareness to the need for adoptive parents.
…FROM CHAPTER 4
“Three years later and Bella was seven years old now. Butterscotch had given birth to one perfect kitten, that looked just like her mom, but Butterscotch died soon after. Bella kept the new kitten and named her Buttercup. She and her parents buried Butterscotch in the backyard the next day and had a funeral.”
CHAPTER 5
While putting Butterscotch in her grave it reminded Bella that she was very lucky to be living with Mom and Dad. Bella still remembered her birth mom who yelled at her grandma a lot and that her birth mom couldn’t take care of her. Her birth mom couldn’t feed her because she never had any money. Sometimes they ate at a friend’s house. Once her birth mom had even left her alone and she was only two months old.
Thinking of her life then made Bella feel mad and sad. Then Bella would become happy because although her life started out yucky it became lucky when the Chase’s adopted her.
Not all kids get adopted, Bella knew that from her time as a foster child. As she walked inside with her parents she wondered why there were so many kids who needed Forever Families and so few adults to adopt.
Bella felt proud that her family was going to adopt another child, a boy named Justin who was six. Still, there are lots of kids needing adopting, who would do that for them?
THE END
Who Am I? (A Guest Post Story by My Daughter)
This story was written by my daughter. On her own initiative she decided to make her writing project for her 6th grade Language Arts a story about adoption.
She graciously agreed to allow me to post it on fvbf (Faith View by Faye) to help bring awareness to the need for adoptive parents.
The story of our adoption of her will be part of the overall focus of National Adoption Awareness Month during November 2012.
…FROM CHAPTER 3
When she picked it up she noticed it had pencil sized holes on the lid. Could they be air holes? Bella was confused. She carefully untied the ribbon, lifted the lid and…
??????
CHAPTER 4
…a KITTEN!
“Awww…it’s just so adorable!” Bella squealed. The kitten hopped out of the box and Bella could see it was a calico kitten. Its ears were a light shade of orange, her nose was pink and twitchy, her eyes big and green. Its paws were white and as was the underside of her body but the rest of her was varying shades of tan, and near orange. The very tip of its tail was white too.
Bella thought the kitten looked like it was smiling. “I’ll name you Butterscotch!” Bella exclaimed. “I think it is a perfect name for a calico kitten.”
Her new parents came into her room and asked, “Well? Do you like her?”
“Oh yes! Thank you! I named her Butterscotch!”
“What a lovely name you’ve given your kitten Bella.” Bella’s mother, whose name was Sondra, said.
Bella looked up at her new parents and spoke her thoughts aloud. “What should I name you?”
“You could call me Jason.” Her new dad said.
“And I guess you can call me Sondra,” said her new mom, “We will work it out.”
“No, I think I will call you Mama and Daddy.” Bella said, petting Butterscotch who was nestled in her lap. “I think Butterscotch is hungry, and so am I, may I give her half of my ham sandwich and some warm milk?”
“Of course,” her Dad said, “but we did buy Butterscotch some special kitten food.”
“Okay,” Bella answered. “Which way to the kitchen?” Her laughter rang out as Butterscotch gave her sandpapery kisses.
Three years later and Bella was seven years old now. Butterscotch had given birth to one perfect kitten, that looked just like her mom, but Butterscotch died soon after. Bella kept the new kitten and named her Buttercup. She and her parents buried Butterscotch in the backyard the next day and had a funeral.
Who Am I? (A Guest Post Story by My Daughter & “Charlie”)
This story was written by my daughter & her very lively puppy “Charlie”. On her own initiative she decided to make her writing project for her 6th grade Language Arts a story about adoption.
She graciously agreed to allow me to post it on fvbf (Faith View by Faye) to help bring awareness to the need for adoptive parents.
The story of our adoption of her will be part of the overall focus of National Adoption Awareness Month during November 2012.
CHAPTER ONE
Once there was a baby named Bella. She was a newborn and she was as small as a Cabbage Patch doll. She had a bald head. Little did she know she was going to need to be adopted.
Four years later and Bella had grown to be a beautiful little girl. Bella’s eyes were brown, her cheeks had a few freckles, her black hair was so long that even when it was braided it reached a long way down her back. When it wasn’t braided her hair was straight as a board, very shiny and smooth as puppy ears. She was one hundred percent Caucasian.
Her birth mom’s name was Amy Duncan. Bella’s granny’s name was Mabel. Bella remembered that they fought a lot…a real lot. Amy couldn’t take care of Bella by herself and that was the problem. Bella was taken to an orphanage, although she had no idea of what was going on when her birth mom left her. Bella started to cry.
CHAPTER TWO
It had been a year since Bella’s birth mom left her. It was a normal day, or so she thought. The dorm mother came behind Bella and said, “Hello dear.”
“Hi!” said Bella.
“Are you okay?” the dorm mother asked?
“Why does nobody want me?” Bella asked as she looked out of the window.
“People do want you. You just have to stop hiding.” The dorm mother said. (Her name was Mary.)
Just then the telephone began to ring and Mary went to answer it. When she came back she was smiling. “Bella someone wants to adopt you!” Mary said.
Bella didn’t say anything.
“Bella you must lighten up!” Mary said.
“I don’t want to go home with strangers!” Bella cried.
“We wouldn’t send you home with strangers Bella! Remember that nice couple you spent a few weekends with back during the summer? The same ones who took you to the beach for a few days? The Chase’s?” Mary explained.
“I remember but that was months ago now!” Bella said. She couldn’t remember exactly how long but it seemed like a long time.
“It wasn’t that long and they’ve had their attorney working on adopting you this whole time! We didn’t want to tell you in case something went wrong. But nothing has Bella. The Chase’s can be your forever family.” Mary assured the child. “Oh Bella, these people will take care of you something your biological mom couldn’t do.”
“I know.” said Bella. But she was still scared.
An hour later she was going home with her new parents. “We have a surprise for you when we get to your new home.” Jason Chase said.
“Really?!” squealed Bella. “What is it? What is it?” Bella was overjoyed. She knew she was going to like her new parents right away, she remembered how special they made her feel when they had been together. They didn’t feel like strangers at all.
CHAPTER THREE
They were going all the way to the State of Kentucky. That meant they spent the night at a hotel and the hotel had an indoor swimming pool. The three of them had a great time swimming and splashing around and her new mom promised to teach Bella how to swim.
The next day when they drove across the Kentucky state line her new dad teased Bella. “You live in Kentucky now, the home of KFC!”
“Awesome!” said Bella, but then she asked, “What’s a KFC?”
“Well little one, KFC is best experienced. What about we stop there for lunch?” her mom asked.
Bella just smiled. She kept smiling for later that day when they got home they showed her to her room. In her room she saw her favorite color everywhere!
In her room you would see a hot pink wall, a hot pink canopy bed, hot pink quilts, hot pink sheets, a hot pink pillow, a pair of hot pink slippers, a hot pink dresser, hot pink shelves with all the toys she ever imagined and on her bed was a white box with a red bow on top. Then all of a sudden the box…MOVED!
When she picked it up she noticed it had pencil sized holes on the lid. Could they be air holes? Bella was confused. She carefully untied the ribbon, lifted the lid and…
??????
(To be continued…)
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