Seeing the Vision

The vision.

every person I know has a goal in their life. Something they want to do or accomplish that will set them apart. Maybe that goal is just a dream of traveling the world, or raising a family...

My Dream for as long as I can remember has been to adopt children into my home. To provide a child who would otherwise maybe live a life without support and love a chance in this world. I have always wanted to love more children than I knew God would give me to bare myself.

That is a bit of a daunting idea to think that my family could become so large, but I am grateful. My heart swells with the Dream that I have to give a child a second chance.

When I was taking my psychology classes we talked a lot about a family. We talked about the rising trends of single parent homes and homosexuality. It was interesting to hear from a professor, that no matter the trend, the research showed that children grew up to be more well adjusted children in homes with a mother and a father to rear them and care for them. Of course there are those who grew up outside of that average, with an abusive parent etc. But my journey to decide to adopt in my future had nothing to do with what my teachers called the "facts" of the present. I began my journey years before.

Growing up, my siblings and I would always talk about how many children we wanted to have. I have 7 siblings, so you have to understand, it was always around four or five or above, none of us wanted less. I remember when I learned about different complications women can have that can stop them from having children. I don't think it was because of someone I knew, but truly because of stories in the scriptures. I loved the scriptures and the example the righteous that were within it's pages. I looked up to the righteous women, and wondered if that would be my burden to bare as well.

I decided early on that no matter what I was physically capable of, I wanted to adopt. I knew from watching my parents, that I needed to marry a man who was capable of that same love for a child that was not his seed. I prayed in my heart for years to find a man like that.

Heavenly Father brought that man into my life. It's funny the things that matter most to you, and adopting has always been something at the top of my list. When I was dating my husband it was interesting, because he mentioned his desire to adopt long before I told him of mine. I am so blessed.

The Vision, is the realization that I can dream again. Not only can I dream again, but I know that I can realize those dreams... I couldn't be more grateful for that gift again in my life.

I am so grateful for my Savior, my husband, my son, and my work. All of this is what helps me to feel the love of my Heavenly Father. If I must work, I want it to be a work of changing lives, and amazingly, I get to do just that.

Life is wonderful, and I am so grateful for the vision to see what life has in store for me.

I saw this quote the other day, and I am so grateful for whomever posted it so that it could bless my life as well. "Without giving something everything you got you can't say you tried and failed. All you can say is that you failed to try."


I will do more than try!

Sara Spencer