This I Know For Sure...: A Story of How God Answered A Couple's Prayer Through An Adopted Child - Couverture souple

Capson, Karen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1480180149 ISBN 13 : 9781480180147

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

It’s Adoption Day for six-year-old Madi, the fun-filled day when she and her Mom and Dad celebrate how they all became a family. Every year, Madi picks out a pretty party dress, and together they have a “Madi Gras” celebration, filled with delicious treats, wonderful memories, and praise for the Lord who brought them all together. This I Know For Sure… is a whimsically illustrated, biblically-based children’s book by Karen Capson that was created to help share and explore the blessings of adoption with boundless joy, heart, and prayer. Written to provide parents with a means to interact with their child about the topic of adoption, This I Know For Sure… will help instill a strong sense of belonging and Godly identity in boys and girls ages three- to ten-years-old, while also helping their siblings have a better understanding of what it means to be adopted. With light-hearted, fun illustrations, Madi prepares for her “Madi Gras” celebration, from helping her father prepare her favorite breakfast treat, to looking at pictures of herself as a newborn baby with Mom. She rediscovers the excitement of her parents when she came into their lives, and how the whole family embraced their newest family member. She asks questions about her birth, her adoption, and ponders about how she was created the same as her parents, and how she is uniquely different.To highlight the miracle of adoption for both parents and child, this delightful and inspiring book features faith-led lessons, popular Bible verses, "conversation starters" from a child's vantage point, and tips for celebrating adoption within the reader’s own family. Madi’s adoption story is perfectly paired with joyful and heart-warming illustrations, sure to become a favorite book to be returned to time and again, as the parent and child continue to deepen their discussion about adoption and faith. It also includes additional materials on “Ways to Celebrate Adoption & Family,” as well as “Fill Up My Love Cup” journaling pages to create a lasting keepsake that the child will treasure for years to come. This I Know For Sure… can also serve as a valuable teaching tool for guidance counselors and Christian educators.Playful and upbeat, touching and informational, This I Know For Sure…is an inroad for open communication as children begin asking questions about their identity. It also focuses on creating a bridge between a parent and child in order to talk about their own family traditions by reading the unique adoption story of another child. A perfect balance of childlike playfulness and God-filled discussions, this tender, happy exploration of adoption is sure to create a deeper understanding of the topic, all with abundant laughter and love.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Former special education teacher, now stay-at-home mom to her daughter, Madison Faith, Karen Capson and her husband, Greg, recently celebrated fifteen years of marriage. Together, they endured countless heartbreaks along their journey to become parents, from unexplained infertility and the loss of three pregnancies to the devastating passing of Greg’s mother from breast cancer in 2005. Through these struggles, they grew stronger as a couple and developed a solid foundation in their Christian faith, which ultimately guided them to relinquish their own pursuit of parenthood and put their lives in the capable hands of their Almighty Father. They prayed diligently for eight years, asking Him to grant them the one request that they had believed impossible, even through modern medicine…to have a child to call their own. Through God, they learned that ALL things are possible! Their hearts were opened to the idea of adoption in the latter part of 2003, and their prayer requests were brought to fruition with the birth of their daughter in 2005. The local adoption was finalized in early 2006, where the celebration of Madison’s Adoption Day sparked the onset of a new family tradition, also known as "Madi Gras." Since then, Karen has become a strong advocate for adoption, leading several friends not only to contemplate this alternate path to parenthood, but to see their dream become a reality by walking them through the adoption process. Karen’s positive experience with adoption, and belief that God specifically designed their child uniquely for them, inspired her to write her first children’s book, "This I Know For Sure...." What began with the sole purpose of giving their daughter, Madison, a lasting "snapshot" of her adoption, evolved into a greater faith-led mission to write a story that would stand as a testament to God’s intricate and purposeful plan for every child.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1480180149
• ISBN 13: 9781480180147
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Lanni Ashley
• Nombre de pages: 58
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg