Adoption | What's in a name...

Saturday, 01 June 2013

Adoption | What's in a name...

This paper is 14 years old.

The morning of Little Guy's baptism I searched and searched for this paper and found it in Julia's baby book.

When we were first married, we were good little newlyweds and visited family all the time - which gave us about an hour and a half in the car - from College Station, Texas to The Woodlands, Texas or hours in the car from College Station, Texas to Murphy, Texas.

These were such a great drives - Navasota, Todd Mission, Magnolia, Corsicana, Fairfield... great music and McDonalds french fries.

Anyways...

When we were expecting Julia, the ultrasound didn't show if she was a boy or a girl. So we had to figure out girl's names and boy's names.

Julia was born six weeks early - so it was a good thing she was a girl!

We had only agreed on the girl's name - Julia Tirion. This means youthful, kind and gentle. Julia is also a saints name - something that is so very important to us.

We could NOT agree on a boys name.

We settled on two first names - Nathaniel, which means gift of God, and Riley, which means valiant and courageous.

Julia was born.

Then, Nathaniel.

And do you see the other name we wanted for a son?

All these years... so many miscarriages later - we never used the name Riley. Never.

I dreamt of my children. Sometimes their names were whispered to me in the quiet of the night.

And now? We have a Riley!

And remember what Riley means? Courageous and Valiant! I tell you what - his bravery shows up every day. He has embraced a new family with love and kindness at two years old.

What a perfect name.

The night Karen told me about him, I held my breath. His name is Riley? Is this too perfect?

Yes, yes it is. That is how God works.

Have a great week!

Kate

Jun 1, 2013 11:07:36 PM

9 Comments

Awesome. Truly God's fingerprints. Thank you so much for sharing this. Just... wow.

Posted by: tinuviel | Tuesday, 04 June 2013 at 09:38 AM

Awesome!

Posted by: Elisabeth | Monday, 03 June 2013 at 12:45 PM

This is the best. I love the symmetry of God. He is good all the time.

Posted by: Mary Thompson | Sunday, 02 June 2013 at 08:13 PM

I agree with the other comment. Each story is more and more beautiful. Thank you for sharing these little details along the way. Many blessings to your precious Riley!

Posted by: Blair | Sunday, 02 June 2013 at 05:58 PM