I've been thinking a lot this week about Jacob's birth mom. To be honest, I've been thinking more about her than I ever thought that I would. My heart has been burdened for her. I don't even know if they celebrate Mother's Day in Russia (pause while I google...nope, they celebrate International Woman's Day on March 8th), but I can only imagine how hard this day would be for her. I've been trying to figure out a way to begin a tradition of honouring her in some way on this day. Not only for our sake (mine and hers), but to begin to share Jacob's story with him. I've heard of cheesy things like lighting a candle or buying her flowers, but I'm not sure that can do her justice. My plan is to pull out Jacob's life book to share it with him on this day as he grows older (of course, I still need to create this book!), but I need something for this year. Any ideas???
It's really hard to think of something to do to honour the woman who made you a mother...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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You could pick something from the world vision gift catalogue together (available at worldvision.ca). This would give Jacob a chance to participate and lead to discussion over the years of some hard issues like poverty and disease, and our response like generosity and adoption.
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