The price of a child

How does one dare put a dollar amount on a child.

We get asked ALL the time...

"How much did they cost?

"What does your husband do?"

"My husband needs a job like your hubby has."

"Have you added up how much 

you have spent on these children?"

and the one that really got my blood boiling...
said to Jailyn
"Tell your parents it's cheaper if they adopt domestically."

And all I have to say,

is...

if you were lost and abandoned ,

if you were starving,

if you were being abused,

if you sat in a prison

alone,

unwanted...

would you want people to turn away,

or would want someone to come to your rescue.

If the cost was $30,000 to pay your ransom -

would you understand when people  

choose to spend hundreds of dollars 

on their Sunday "go-to-church" clothes.

Would this be okay with you,

or would you be discouraged all the more?

Now can you really put a price on these smiles?

I think they are priceless!

Sunday Snapshot