We’ve been searching for some great verses for adoption party / adoption showers, and have found some beautiful ones we’d like to share with you. Many companies, including The Babbling Baby, are happy to substitute adoption verses on baby shower invitations and birthday invitations to make them appropriate for an adoption party or an adoption shower. Wherever possible, we have included links to the locations we found them, so that you can look at their other great ideas.
Not flesh of my flesh,
Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You didn’t grow under my heart – but in it.
- Fleur Conkling Heylinger
Children are a gift
from God and the heart
it doesn’t really matter
where they got their start.
(Yahoo Answers)
Being a Mom and Dad
takes more than a name
it’s a lifetime commitment
a love through joy and pain.
(Yahoo Answers)
Congratulations
now your family has grown
I know (child’s name)
will never feel alone.
(Yahoo Answers)
A family is a gift that lasts forever.
A little child enters your life and fills a special place in your heart
…a place you never even knew existed.
An angel is someone
you feel like you’ve known forever
even though you’ve just met.
We proudly announce the arrival of… God’s precious gift of love.
_______ have a new hand to hold.
Sugar and spice and everything nice.
We have been blessed with…
A dream come true…a little girl.
Our special delivery has arrived.
We counted our blessings, thankful for one. Now we have two, double the fun! Mom can’t wait to share her joys. Dad can’t wait to share his toys.
Our flock is growing…
lots of crowing
as you might guess.
Our pride is showing.
Star light, star bright,
a dream of ours came true tonight.
Sweet as candy,
good as gold.
Our little angel,
a miracle to hold!
Someone tiny,
someone sweet
we would like for you to meet.
A Christmas angel has arrived.
The nursery was packed with blankets and toys,
all it lacked was a bundle of joy.
Now it’s complete…we have a boy.
The house was packed with blankets and toys,
all it lacked were a child’s giggles of joy.
Now it’s complete…we have a boy.
We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life.
But those who make their journey home across time & miles,
growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them,
are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us
by God’s very own hands.
— Kristi Larson
(Karen’s Adoption Links)
I shall be called by a new name,
embraced by a fresh pair of arms,
I will start a new chapter of my life,
but I shall still be me.
— Adapted from Rabindranath Tagore
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KISSES IN THE WIND (The Waiting Child’s Lullabye)
I hold you in my heart and touch you in my dreams.
You are here each day with me, at least that’s how it seems.
I know you wonder where we are… what’s taking us so long.
But remember child, I love you so and God will keep you strong.
Now go outside and feel the breeze and let it touch your skin…
Because tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.
May God hold you in His hand until I can be with you.
I promise you, my darling, I’m doing all that I can do.
Very soon, you’ll have a family for real, not just pretend.
But for tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.
May God wrap you in His arms and hold you very tight.
And let the angels bring the kisses that I send to you each night.
— © Pamela Durkota, written for Josh
Karen’s Adoption Links
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I didn’t come out of my mother.
I don’t have my father’s green eyes.
No one in my family looks like me.
People are always surprised.
I think we’re a happier family
Than if we were all kings and queens.
We’re so lucky we all found each other.
That’s what being adopted means.
— Pamela Espeland and Marilyn Waniek
Karen’s Adoption Links
I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.
—1 Samuel 1:27
How Could You Know?
As you lay sleeping far away as still as you could be…
How could you know the joy today this photo brings to me?
A few short weeks and you’ll be mine, and “I” will soon be “We”.
How could you know the love I feel? It’s something you can’t see.
So have sweet dreams, my precious babe. Sleep well and tenderly.
Some say that you’re the lucky one. How could you know it’s me?
— Kris Laughlin
LEGACY OF AN ADOPTED CHILD
Once there were two women who never knew each other
One you do not remember, the other you call Mother
Two different lives shaped to make you one
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun
The first one gave you life, and the second taught you to live it
The first gave you a need for love, the second was there to give it
One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name
One gave you a talent, the other gave you aim
One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears
One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried you tears
One made an adoption plan, that was all that she could do
The other prayed for a child, and God led her straight to you.
Now, which of these two women, Are you the product of?
Both, my darling, Both, Just two different types of love.
—- Unknown
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How Could You Know?
As you lay sleeping far away as still as you could be…
How could you know the joy today this photo brings to me?
A few short weeks and you’ll be mine, and “I” will soon be “We”.
How could you know the love I feel? It’s something you can’t see.
So have sweet dreams, my precious babe. Sleep well and tenderly.
Some say that you’re the lucky one. How could you know it’s me?
— Kris Laughlin
from Karen’s Adoption Links
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The Gift of Life
I didn’t give you the gift of life,
But in my heart I know.
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.
For us to have each other
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didn’t give you
The gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you.
— Unknown
from Karen’s Adoption Links
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For finding your mother,
There’s one certain test.
You must look for the creature
Who loves you the best.
— David Kirk (Little Miss Spider)
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Natural Child: Any child who is not artificial.
Real Parent: Any parent who is not imaginary.
Your Own Child: Any child who is not someone else’s child.
Adopted Child: A natural child, with a real parent, who is all my own.
— Rita Laws, PhD
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Our children are not ours because they share our genes…
they are ours because we have had the audacity to envision them.
That, at the end of the day…or long sleepless night,
is how love really works.
— Unknown
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Not flesh of my flesh, Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You didn’t grow under my heart – but in it
— Fleur Conkling Heylinger
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LEGACY OF AN ADOPTED CHILD
Once there were two women who never knew each other
One you do not remember, the other you call Mother
Two different lives shaped to make you one
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun
The first one gave you life, and the second taught you to live it
The first gave you a need for love, the second was there to give it
One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name
One gave you a talent, the other gave you aim
One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears
One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears
One made an adoption plan, that was all that she could do
The other prayed for a child, and God led her straight to you.
Now, which of these two women, Are you the product of?
Both, my darling, Both, Just two different types of love.
—- Unknown
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