Bringing Isaac Home

"But I am here.  I will love him.  I will be his mother."  ~Kim De Blecort

I think that some women are just made to be mamas.  You know the ones I'm talking about?  The ones who you can just tell were destined to wear an apron while whipping up gourmet food, and to drive the kids to football practice and ballet lessons all whilst looking completely put together, and who magically seem to know how to sew whatever crazy costume the child needs for the school play?  Well, my friend, Necia, is one of those women.

We met in college at Oklahoma State, and became fast friends.  She and I were on the Mock Trial team together when she got pregnant with her son, Andrew.

Me, Necia and our friend Amy - 2005

Mock Trial Team 2006 - Mat and Necia  are the 2nd and 3rd from the right

One night when she called me crying and said she needed to go to the ER, that something was wrong, and that her husband was at work.  I picked her up and drove her to the hospital.  They ordered an ultrasound to be sure that there was still a heartbeat.  I will never forget the ultrasound technician coming in and asking how many times she had been pregnant.  She responded, "Five."  He then asked how many babies she had.  She responded, "None."  He said he didn't understand, and I think that my death glare made it pretty clear that he needed to stop asking those kinds of questions.  But even then, before Andrew had arrived, Necia was a mama.

Me and baby Andrew circa 2007

Fast forward 7 years (how did we get that old!?!), and Necia and Mat have two precious kiddos, Andrew and Olivia.  They are the perfect little family.  Except for one thing.  They are missing Isaac, the adorable little guy that they are in the process of adopting from South Korea.  Necia saw his profile one night online and says that she knew right away that he was her son.  And now, two years into the process, it is almost time to bring Isaac home.  Here is a video telling their story.

They are waiting on a court date and are raising the money necessary to complete the adoption and travel to Seoul to get their boy.  You can follow their story on Necia's blog.

If you are so inclined, you may donate here.  Even if you can't donate, they will for sure take all the prayers that they can get, and those are free to give!