Just the Same

Can you really love an adopted child as much as a child by birth?

A question posted on an FB page. Not an offensive question- a question meant to be a discussion. 

And this answers that question more beautifully than I could trip over my words to attempt a decent, heartfelt response ever could have.

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.

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And this also answers that question.

No words needed.