This is a touching story that needs little set up. You may want a little Kleenex.
Renee's Hero, KMP
Most years I would happily have sent you an article about the beauty of my own dear mother and how she has always been my hero. This is true and yet this year I have a new mother hero.
My dear friend KMP. She and her husband have been married for the first time for just 4 years, after both being single for about 20 years. They recently worked with their local child protective agency to become licensed foster to adopt parents. They have no children by birth.
In January, a beautiful 5 month old girl was placed in their home and they were told she would most likely be a "long term" placement. They fell in love with her, cared for her through long nights when she srruggled to transition. They lovingly fed her to help her gain weight. They looked forward with joy to a future with this sweet little baby, nurturing and raising her up in the Lord's church.
Then the county agency discovered that her birth father and his family wanted custody. When it became apparent that she would be transitioned into her grandmother's care, they were heartbroken. But, they had a great love for the little girl, so much so that they selflessly extended that love to her birth family. They began inviting them to church, and they came. They began praying for their future. They began loving them as their own family.
Last week they were told to schedule a final transition date. They could have chosen any day of the week. They chose mother's day even though the holiday would be difficult for KMP they knew the gift to the child's grandmother was greater than their own hurt. They only wanted this situation to bring honor to the Father of all. So yesterday morning after worship, they lovingly returned the beatiful girl they had grown to love and adore back to her grandmothers care letting her go with hope that they had layed a foundation for her eternal future.
The letting go of a baby is not easy, in fact, it is heart wrenching and KMP and her husband are devastated, but to lovingly put the needs of the birth family above their own hurt on the very first Mother's Day she would celebrate has made KMP my Mother's Day Hero!
She's our hero, too.
