During a conversation we had with Misha a few weeks ago, he talked a little about his birth parents. He didn't know anything about them except that they were drug addicts and didn't want him. His remark about his birth mother was this: "When I born, my mom see me and she say: Oh Scary! Throw him away!"
As I listened and watched him in the hammock, I felt my heart sink to imagine the heartache he's faced throughout life. It's enough of a challenge to be born with disabilities, but to face rejection by the people who are most responsible for loving and guiding you throughout life...how heartbreaking!
After making these remarks about his birth family, Misha began to tell us how much he loved his new family. He named each one of us and said in a gentle voice, "i love you", after each name. It was at this moment I realized where the true loss really stands: the person blinded by Misha's outer-shell. The choice that was made after his birth was a decision to give away a remarkable blessing; simply because he didn't meet the world's standard of "normal".
Because someone "threw" away a blessing fifteen years ago, our family is abundantly blessed today!
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness"
~Genesis 1:26
"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time"
~Ecclesiastes 3:11
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