Legacy of an Adopted Child

I saw an article on Yahoo this morning titled, "Adopted Children Are Product Of Two Different Kinds Of Love".  In the article, it had this poem.  I love it!



 

LEGACY OF AN ADOPTED CHILD

(Author Unknown)

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 yours one.

One became your guiding star,

The other became your sun.

The first gave you life

And the second taught you to live it.

The first gave you a need for love

And the second was there to give it.

One gave you a nationality,

The other gave you a name.

One gave you a seed of talent,

The other gave you an aim.

One gave you emotions,

The other calmed your fears.

One saw your first sweet smile,

The other dried your tears.

One gave you up --

It was all that she could do.

The other prayed for a child

And God led her straight to you.

And now you ask me

Through your tears,

The age-old question

Through the years:

Heredity or environment

Which are you the product of?

Neither, my darling -- neither,

Just two different kinds of love.

A couple years ago, the following poem was in the Ensign.
  I love it too!

 

Just The Same by Diana Lynn Lacey

Sometimes -

God sends rain
Straight from the sky
To nourish the young flower
and it grows.

Sometimes -

God sends rain from the sky
To the mountaintops,
Then over hills and through valleys
Until it reaches the flower
and it grows, just the same.

Sometimes -
God sends a child
Straight from His realm
Into a mother's arms
and love grows.
 

Sometimes -

God sends a child
From heaven to another's arms,
Then over hills and through valleys
Until he reaches the arms of his mother
and love grows, just the same.