Originally Posted by adoptivemommy

Hi BookWorm! First, where in Texas are you? I'm in the Dallas-FortWorth area. Second I just wanted you to know how thoroughly I enjoyed reading your answer. I truly think you hit the nail right on the head. I have 2 little girls myself and I am right up there with you in trusting that we raised them right and that God has them in His hand! I didn't grow up in a Christian home and my parents never trusted me at all! No matter what I did or said they were suspicious and inquisitive. I felt horrible and I grew up with no self-esteem whatsoever and I doubted myself all the time. It took God a long time to get me off that mary-go-round and teach me to trust Him and trust myself with Him. So, now that I am a parent myself and, thank God, healed and with some self-esteem, I am praying a lot about what kind of parent I will be to these girls. Needless to say, I agree with everything you said. I am so glad to see that, even though you had such a bad time of it for quite a long time, the Lord changed you and loved you into wholeness and now you have quite a lot of wisdom to share! That's a testimony!

Laura