Everything To Us

Scott and I were driving home from church today and heard a song on the radio by Mark Schultz titled "Everything To Me". Needless to say, neither of us had a dry eye by the end of the song. These are the lyrics....


"I must have felt your tears
When they took me from your arms
I’m sure I must have heard you say goodbye
Lonely and afraid had you made a big mistake
Could an ocean even hold the tears you cried
But you had dreams for me
You wanted the best for me
And you made the only choice you could that night
You gave life to me
A brand new world to see
Like playing baseball in the yard with dad at night
Mom reading Goodnight Moon
And praying in my room
So if you worry if your choice was right
You gave me up but you gave everything to me
And if I saw you on the street
Would you know that it was me
And would your eyes be blue or green like mine
Would we share a warm embrace
Would you know me in your heart
Or would you smile and let me walk on by
Knowing you had dreams for me
You wanted the best for me
And I hope that you’d be proud of who I am
You gave life to me
A chance to find my dreams
And a chance to fall in love
You should have seen her shining face
On our wedding day
Oh is this the dream you had in mind
When you gave me up
You gave everything to me
And when I see you there
Watching from heaven’s gates
Into your arms I’m gonna run
And when you look in my eyes
You can see my whole life
See who I was And who I’ve become"


I can't help but think of our birthmother and what a tremendous gift she gave Matthew and us. She gave us everything. When I look at that toothless grin my heart just fills with feelings of gratitude and love for her. So please, pray for her and other birth moms who have such incredible love for their babies, that they not only chose life, but make an enormous sacrifice so that their children can have everything.

(couldn't leave without posting a pic of the boy wonder)