Let’s just say your family is called to adopt. You recognize that call; your heart is all in; you answer that call.
Paperwork, paperwork. Write a check here, write another check there…here a check, there a check, everywhere a check check. Fingerprints, doctor appointments, background checks, photocopies.
Then, you wait. Some for a while. Some not long at all.
And, then you see your child for the first time. And, life is changed.
You bring that child home. And, your life that was changed already is now seriously changed.
Yes, there’s struggle in that. Yes, it’s uncomfortable at times. But, it’s good.
And, when you sit back and marvel at what God has done, you might find yourself thinking, “I am changed. We are changed. And, I want to live that difference out by doing something more. I need to. Lord, what can I do?”
And, that’s fun to watch from the outside because you see God using people to do some pretty creative things. This week, I got to see that.
Nicole. She and I talked adoption as they were just starting out…and we haven’t really stopped. I got a front row seat to seeing God bring their family together through the same special social worker who God used to bring our family together. They waited anxiously to bring Brooklyn home to their family. And, home she is.
Driven by a compassion for adoptive families, Nicole has answered the call to do something more.
Together with a fellow photographer and adoptive mama, Nicole Bradley, they dreamed up uniting photographers to serve adoptive families using their talents to offer newly formed families a photography session at no charge. Celebrating and promoting adoption through photography? Perfect. Two more photographers touched by adoption joined their dream–Jenna Stoll and Amy Vecchio. A year later – Red Thread Sessions is officially launched.
The photographers in their network will completely waive their session fee and provide edited proofs from these sessions at no cost to adoptive families. These sessions could be
- a family portrait session within the first 3 months of a finalized adoption,
- a homecoming session where the volunteering photographer meets the adoptive family at the airport upon arrival home, or
- a birth photography session to capture the birth of the adoptive child.
What a fantastic idea! Thank you so much for sharing. I’ll definitely spread the word!
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Love, love, love this! Two of my photographer friends put in their applications! Yippee!
i love jenna stoll!! i “met” her years ago – im so excited to see this launched!!