Adoption

As my wife, Danielle, and I prepared to bring our youngest daughter, Katie, home from China this past March, we realized we would need a bigger table.  We had gone beyond the two kids that you can report to strangers without raising any eyebrows.

Today’s meditation starts with a lesson in political correctness.  You may find that, at least in this case, God wants us to be politically correct.

Okay, let’s begin.  It is incorrect to say “Miriam is adopted” or “Evan is adopted,” using the word “adopted” as an adjective to describe the child today.  It is correct to say “Miriam was adopted,” or “Evan was adopted,” using the word to describe the one-time event by which they entered the family.