Adoption Poems

Here’s a few adoption poems that would be great framed and hung in your child’s room or in their adoption lifebook.

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My child,
I carried you in my heart
before you were even born
And dared to dream
that you were real.My child,
I carried your picture with me
since the day I received it,
And dared to love
a child I was yet to meet.

My child,
I carried you in my arms at last,
and gazed in helpless wonder
at your face,
And dared to lose
my heart to you.

And now, my child,
a dream fulfilled,
a prayer answered,
a family created,
I have dared to become
a mom.

And so now,
my precious child,
I shall carry you
home.
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One year ago today
we had an answer to a prayer
when we finally received a call
to say that *you* were there.

‘Though holding only a photo,
ours hearts were lost that day
to a tiny girl in China
half a world away.

The baby face and tiny ears,
the lovely almond eyes,
the chubby oh-so-kissable cheeks
held power to mesmerize.

The distance seemed to melt away
‘though still a world a apart.
Gazing at your picture,
we met you heart-to-heart.

At long last knowing you were real
a child to call our own,
the daughter we were soon to meet
to finally bring you home.

And now I hold you in my arms
and count my blessings from above
because just one year ago today
we were given *you* to love.
~Jill Work
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This is our daughter.
We adopted her,
but we will NOT be referring to her as “our adopted daughter.”
She is simply “our daughter”.

This is our daughter

and the niece of her aunts and uncles,
the grandaughter of her grandparents,
the cousin of her cousins,
and the sister of any future children
we add to the family by biology or adoption.This is our daughter

There is no “return policy” on an adopted child.
The whole idea of adopting is a lot like marriage.
You make a lifetime commitment to a person
with no biological relationship to you.
You promise to “love and cherish”
for “richer, for poorer,
for better, for worse,
in sickness and in health-
as long as we both shall live.”This is our daughter

and we ARE her real parents.
She has birth parents (sometimes called biological parents),
but we are her Mom and Dad,
and always will be.This is our daughter

and we love her.
We hope that you will too!
~Jill Work

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