Remembering David

i'm feeling very grateful for the chance to remember a little man who was once a very big part of my life. years ago, david was "my" child at the orphanage. had i not been 24, single and living paycheck to paycheck at the time, i seriously would've adopted him. we were kindred spirits and he was the reason i spent every weekend navigating the dirt roads of tijuana for a visit.

david taught me that you could love an adopted child as much as a birth child. when he left our home, i was devastated. it took nine months but we tracked him, his brothers and his baby sister down and learned that they were taken from their parents again and placed in a new home on the the west coast of tijuana. this time for good. i paid them a visit and discovered the wonderful, inspiring and spiritually rich environment that is grace children's home. i left missing him more than ever but at peace knowing he is happy, healthy and prospering.

i haven't been back in a couple of years and mike has never met him but i will always keep tabs on his life and lend support if i'm needed...even if it's from a distance.

below are two pictures of david. the first is of the two of us at the albercas (water park) in 2003. the second is him all grown up and living at grace.