Gotcha Day / Adoption Anniversary Discuss

So I have been non stop researching adoption anniversary or gotcha day. Which is the day you "got" your child in your home. Some decide it's the day the adoption was finalized. It can be a celebration with just the child and immediate family or something a little bigger. It's all up to you. Some decide not to celebrate it. Whichever it's anyone's choice. I am leaning towards celebrating it even if it's just me and my husband and the child/children with a few other family members or friends. Maybe. It's unwritten at this point and our decision. I am amazed why so many "hate" dislike gotcha day. To each his own.

It was part of the workshop that said birthdays maybe hard and to consider gotcha day. For some children the only day they were with their birth parents was the day they were born. Some were immediately placed into foster care. When you start to see that that day for some is more of a mourning and more of the day my birth parents gave me up rather than the day they entered the world. Gotcha day is the day that you share with that child the day no one can take from you. The day you say you were always in my heart, and today is our day that we will celebrate every year. One woman in my support group adopted a daughter from China. It was suggested to get 18 items and every year on that gotcha day give her one of those items. What do I get a child from the US or New Jersey? I think I am leaning towards making a "gotcha day" book every year do a "page" about what's happened from that year. Jewelry is an idea. IF it's a girl a charm bracelet and every year add a charm so that it's something to keep forever. I don't know I have time since we are trapped in this application process.

Please say a prayer that my records finally come in. 

Gotcha Day - Say What?

What is Gotcha Day? What does it mean?  I will post later about this but I have a folder on Pinterest about ideas for Gotcha Day. :) 

Gotcha_Day Means

Simply said quote

I am wherever there is love.

One Step Up - Bruce

Lyrics To One Step Up

Dear Future Child This Ones for you ---> You Are Loved - Heather Williams Lyric Video and Lyrics Attached

This one is so great for our future child. (((hoping that things work out and keeping the faith they do while trying to remain realistic)))

You Are Loved! 

YOU ARE LOVED Lyrics
Heather Williams
Are you afraid
Do you feel lost inside yourself
Like you’re falling
And you’re wanting to break free
Are you alone
Feeling forgotten by this world
Do you stand lonely
Still hoping that someone will see
But you don’t have to be afraid
You don’t have to be ashamed
‘Cuz you are
You are
You are loved
More than the stars shine at night
More than the sun could shine light
I want you to know that you are loved
More than words could ever say
More than the sky could display
I want you to know that you are
You are loved
Have you been hurting
With an aching deep inside
So broken, not knowing how to break free
Have you been searching
With a longing deep inside
But you don’t know where to go
Your heart cannot see
Please don’t be afraid
Please don’t be ashamed
‘Cuz you are
You are
You are loved
More than the stars shine at night
More than the sun could shine light
I want you to know that you are loved
More than words could ever say
More than the sky could display
I want you to know that you are
You are loved
Safe
Adored by the One who made
This heart that beats inside
The One that gives us life
Loves us
More than the stars shine at night
More than the sun could shine light
I want you to know that you are loved
More than words could ever say
More than the sky could display
I want you to know that you are
You are loved
You are loved
Are loved 

 

Life Ain't Always Beautiful (Lyric Video) Video and Lyrics

Gary Allen (Alan?) Well you get the drift. It's an honest song.
Okay so much for the lyrics..... Let's try this again.....

 Life ain't always beautiful
Sometimes it's just plain hard
Life can knock you down, it can break your heart

Life ain't always beautiful
You think you're on your way
And it's just a dead end road at the end of the day

But the struggles makes you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has its own way of takin' it sweet time

[chorus]
No,life aint always beautiful
Tears will fall sometimes
Life aint always beautiful
But it's a beautiful ride

Life aint always beautiful
Some days I miss your smile
I get tired of walkin' all these lonely miles

And I wish for just one minute
I could see your pretty face
Guess I can dream, but life don't work that way


But the struggles makes me stronger
And the changes make me wise
And happiness has its own way of takin' its sweet time

No, life ain't always beautiful
But I know I'll be fine
Hey, life ain't always beautiful
But its a beautiful ride
What a beautiful ride

What's a song that helps me get through the hard times of this process?

Eye of The Tiger!!!!

Dahhhh doo dah dah

I see some of the words aren't spelled correctly....ahh you get the drift.