Anastasia Easter Morning

"Anastasia"....the day we accepted our referral was the day we were given our new daughter's name: "Anastasia". Matt called me from work having looked up it's meaning. The Greek form: "the resurrected one". This sent chills up our spines. Knowing she had spent almost 2 years in a Russian orphanage, having been there since birth, she was indeed being resurrected by being physically adopted, but more than that; because she was being adopted, God was choosing to make Himself known to her. That was the downright amazing part...how the Lord "plucks" each of us out of our sorrowful state and proclaims; "You are mine". A parent loves their child not because of WHAT their child has done or accomplished, but simply because that child BELONGS to them. So I've included this photo...of "Ana" on Easter morning. She BELONGS to us, I can say she is mine, she is loved for that reason alone....and it is beautiful.