It's hard to believe our little baby boy turned 19 years old today! "Time flies on wings of lightning" and the years have gone quickly by. This photo was taken by Matt's "foster family" (who hosted him until the adoption was arranged) when he was 2 days old. They were the first to care for him and love him, and wrote a glowing report of what a wonderful baby he was. He was about 2 1/2 weeks old when we received the wonderful surprise phone call (surprise because it was months earlier than we anticipated) from LDS Family Services in Denver inviting us to come down and meet our new son. What a wondrous time that was for us all! We named him Matthew, which means "gift from God" — we truly considered him to be a special gift. And his middle name, Walter, honors my father.
Sarah, who was a few months short of 2 at the time, quickly bonded with her new little brother - this photo was taken on February 25, 1990, when Matt was about 6 weeks old. She loved to help care for him, feed him, comfort him when he cried, and play with him. As the years have passed, they have continued to have a most wonderful relationship; we've loved watching them grow up and learn together, and share their strengths with each other in ways that have blessed them both.
Now Matthew is a fine young man, soon to be a servant of the Lord in Chile. He and Sarah still love and support each other. We're proud of him and continue to appreciate his warm and friendly personality, his kindness to others, and his love of life. He has so much good to offer, and we can only hope and pray he continues on the course he has begun. We believe the future holds wonderful things for this fine son of ours!
It's hard to believe our little baby boy turned 19 years old today! "Time flies on wings of lightning" and the years have gone quickly by. This photo was taken by Matt's "foster family" (who hosted him until the adoption was arranged) when he was 2 days old. They were the first to care for him and love him, and wrote a glowing report of what a wonderful baby he was. He was about 2 1/2 weeks old when we received the wonderful surprise phone call (surprise because it was months earlier than we anticipated) from LDS Family Services in Denver inviting us to come down and meet our new son. What a wondrous time that was for us all! We named him Matthew, which means "gift from God" — we truly considered him to be a special gift. And his middle name, Walter, honors my father.
Sarah, who was a few months short of 2 at the time, quickly bonded with her new little brother - this photo was taken on February 25, 1990, when Matt was about 6 weeks old. She loved to help care for him, feed him, comfort him when he cried, and play with him. As the years have passed, they have continued to have a most wonderful relationship; we've loved watching them grow up and learn together, and share their strengths with each other in ways that have blessed them both.
Now Matthew is a fine young man, soon to be a servant of the Lord in Chile. He and Sarah still love and support each other. We're proud of him and continue to appreciate his warm and friendly personality, his kindness to others, and his love of life. He has so much good to offer, and we can only hope and pray he continues on the course he has begun. We believe the future holds wonderful things for this fine son of ours!
2 comments:
Happy birthday big guy!!!
Ahh, he was so cute. What happened?
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