Jeremiah's special story❤️
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hey guys you're probably thinking gosh I
just seen you just a second ago and
you're still wearing the same clothes
but I you just wanted to talk to you
guys about something I've had a lot of
questions and I figured this is the time
to go ahead and make this video and that
way I can fill you guys in and answer
your guys's questions that I'm sure you
guys have going through your mind and
that way then it will be a big elephant
out of the room that are things that you
guys are thinking about I'm sure so this
story is about my oldest son Jeremiah
and he goes by Maya
but he is my little lovebird I love him
to death
he is 10 he'll be 11 in April I can't
believe it my baby oh he's getting too
old for mama pig he's a little
sweetheart so the story that goes behind
my little boy is that as a little girl I
always wanted to adopt a baby I always
wanted to give a baby love and safety
and protection and it was always just it
was always a dream of mine and hmm so I
always knew in the back of my mind I was
gonna do foster care
and knowing because I was in the system
myself my situation was a lot different
than most foster care children in the
sense that I was placed with family and
some of the family were strangers to me
though I didn't know some of them but it
was okay you know at least I was still
with family and I wasn't with a complete
at actual stranger but I always knew I
wanted to help a child out at some given
time in my life so when I was 24 25 25
yeah I had talked to a couple of my
family members they are from the islands
but they live here in the United States
and I had shared my dream of wanting to
raise a baby and you know I don't feel
like you always have to have that
perfect family that the mom the dad and
the children to make a complete family I
think family is about love support
embracing each other it does to me as
long as the circle is complete between
whomever is compared to that family that
makes the family so if it's a parent and
her children that's a family if it's a
dad and his children it's a family if
it's two partners and children that's a
family and if there's a mom and a dad
and children that's also a family
so just because you know I didn't have
the whole layout you know that most
adoption agencies here in the United
States expect to have which would be you
know you have to have everything in line
I mean to adopt a baby here in the
United States it cost starting about
twenty thousand and I would never have
that amount of money you know and I I
didn't want to feel like I was
purchasing a baby I didn't want to feel
like I had to go into a supermarket to
buy a baby I wanted to get a baby that
needed the home the love this you know
the the life that they deserved without
having to slap down thousands of dollars
that I didn't even have so I started
talking to a few people and just kind of
putting the word out there that you know
I would just love to have a baby of my
own I want a baby so bad of my own and I
was told that I would never have
children at the very beginning of my
adult life I was told that my cycles
were completely off and because of my
weight I would never get pregnant and it
would just it was a pretty much shut
door for me from the get-go that I would
never have kids so that fear already had
set in that I would just never be that
mom that I always dreamed to be so
taking a leap of faith I you started you
know spreading the word that you know I
would just love to have a baby I just
want to have a baby to call my own and
to to live a life with and make the life
of this baby the best that it could be
and about seven months later a friend of
mine called me
and she says Amy I said what she said um
I need to talk to you and I was like oh
hey Elsa what's up you know and this
person you know she didn't really always
call me so I thought that was kind of
odd but I for sure wasn't expecting for
her to tell me what she was gonna tell
me and she says well I have a sister
that is back home
and she's pregnant right now but they're
not gonna be able to keep the baby and I
was like oh my gosh I was like wow how
sad I was like so what is she gonna do
and she says well I talked to my sister
and I told her about you and I told her
all about your life and you know
everything and my sister wants to give
her baby to you and my heart dropped
and I sat there for a minute and I was
like I don't think I just heard what I
heard I was like wait a minute
repeat that she says my sister wants to
give you her baby because she knows that
she can't give that baby everything that
this baby needs because she's already
got children and she's just in a
position where she just can't keep this
baby and I was like oh my gosh really
and I definitely put my guards up
immediately because I didn't want to get
excited I didn't want you know because I
it was just talk at this point you know
and I was just all these thoughts
started racing through my mind and you
know oh my gosh I what you know this is
so exciting and I was just starting to
get my blood pumping and then I was like
whoa Amy pull back a little bit go back
we don't want to get hurt
so I said oh my gosh okay I said well
how far along is she you know does she
not that it matters does she know the
sex of the baby
um all the questions are coming out and
she says well she's due to have the baby
in three weeks and I was like oh my gosh
I was like whoa whoa like wow really
wasn't expecting this and she says and
we're not sure of the sex of the baby
and I was like it doesn't matter it
doesn't even matter I don't care
then she says but I'll call you more
with some more details and I said okay
so I set the phone down and I just you
know of course all these feelings just
start flooding in and I got emotional
and I was crying and I just was like you
know I asked God I was like if this is
supposed to be please you know make it
happen and open all the doors to the
right people and you know my heart you
know my desire and I just want to be
this mom and I want to help the baby and
three weeks later I received a call my
friend says Amy the baby's been born I
was like what and at this point I didn't
know cuz I hadn't heard from her again
so I kind of was starting to lose hope
that maybe it really wasn't gonna happen
and so when I got the call I was like oh
my god she had the baby I was like is it
healthy and she's like absolutely
healthy 6-pound zero ounces and it's a
little boy and oh I just I I couldn't
help it anymore I just got so excited
and so emotional again and I was just
like I was like so what's the next step
so she says well we got to figure out
you know all the details and how to you
know get the baby here because you know
I mean obviously he can't fly by himself
and so I was like okay so then we had to
start working out the details of travel
and things like that and how we were
gonna do the paperwork and things
because I was here in the states they
are clear in the islands and so I had a
family member that was
going back there to see their family and
this family member says well you know
why don't I go ahead and do the
paperwork and we'll figure everything
out and I'll bring the baby back for you
and I was like really like this is all
happening so fast but all the doors that
needed to be open were just opening and
opening and opening and opening and I
was just like oh my gosh like I didn't
even have room like I didn't have time
to even breathe because I just was like
baffled that this was all happening so
fast and I was becoming a mommy a mommy
something I wanted for so long and so he
was born in April and he got to come
home August 1st so he was four months
old when he came home and I'll never
forget the day I had theirs I want to
say probably 35 people at the airport to
usher him in off the plane and I
remember seeing my family member walking
off the plane with him and I just and
bald and bald and cried with such
happiness as he was placed into my arms
and I just held him and his little eyes
were just looking around at everything
and everybody cuz there was lights
everywhere and you know this poor little
four month old baby had no idea what was
going on but I had so much love for him
and I just
he felt like mine the minute he was
placed in my arms I was like this is my
baby mine all mine I got to name him I
got everything for him and it was so
amazing so
he totally blessed my life in so many
ways first of all he made me a mommy he
made me that mommy that I always wanted
to be he was the most amazing little boy
he's so smart and he just makes my heart
skip a beat every time he just his
little giggles and his laughs and it's
just amazing and we have stayed in
contact with his biological parents and
they're amazing people they are
absolutely amazing and you know I I've
talked to his mom and I'm just like
thank you so much for giving me such a
gift that no other person could ever
give me
ever give me such a selfless act knowing
that she could give this little boy
everything by having to lose everything
because no matter what giving a child up
is never easy
and I would never take for granted what
she has done for me and her therefore
his father they are amazing people and
he is an amazing little boy we have had
a crazy journey of life together before
I got married to Olly and all he came
into his life when he was a year and a
half and so Jeremiah has only ever known
Olly to be his daddy and but this year I
finally decided because Jeremiah's of
age that he started asking a few
questions and you know with me having
the babies you know he wanted to know
like what did it feel like when I was
pregnant with him and questions like
that and at first I was answering him as
if I was pregnant with him because I
really didn't know how to talk to him
and I started doing a lot of research
and talking to my counselor and I
purchased a book on Amazon about
adoption and reading that you know
having that read to a child so March of
this year I took him to the park just me
and him
and I read him the book
and then I told him the story I told him
the special story about him and how he
is so special in so many ways and that
he is my knight in shining armor and he
carries the biggest key in my heart and
just because I adopted him does not make
him anything different than my other two
babies all three of my babies are raised
the exact same there is nothing
different
he prayed for to God to give him a
brother and a sister and that's what
touches me so much because he wanted a
baby brother and he wanted a baby sister
so bad and I felt so bad because I
didn't think I could ever give him that
and
his prayers were answered
because not only did he get his baby
brother but he also received a baby
sister and these three little chipmunks
have they've made my life worth
everything starting with him and he
loves life like no other I am very open
with him when it comes to talking about
adoption and you know we don't make it a
daily conversation I don't feel that
that's needed but when he has questions
I definitely answer them when he has one
I'm very open and honest with him I've
shared pictures of his family back on
the islands he has seen everybody and he
knows that at any day that he wants to
talk to them that he can tell me and I
will get in contact with them and he can
talk to them at this point he's not
ready and I'm not there to push him that
will be on his timing and I will always
encourage him too though when the time
is right but right now he's not ready
and I don't want to make him feel like
he has to be ready but he knows that I
will support him all the way through and
if he ever wants to meet them I'll be
right there to hold his hand because I
want him to know that there's nothing
bad about what happened in this
situation because I couldn't be more
grateful for everybody that was involved
to make my dream come true because if it
wasn't for everybody rallying together
and doing this I wouldn't have my baby
and he is my everything my life and so
that's the story of my little Jeremiah
and so when people ask if he's Ali's son
yes he is
it doesn't take blood to be related it
takes love so
that's that's it that that's the full
story with him he is my little p m-- and
i love him to death and so does ollie he
has completed our you know our circle
until the two babies were joined and
then they completed the circle and we
couldn't be a happier family all
together
so i am so grateful though that you guys
have asked so many questions about that
and feel free to always ask questions
and I will answer them to the best of my
ability I will answer every question
that I can but I definitely wanted to
share this story because not only is it
obviously you know something that a lot
of people ask or wonder about but it's
definitely a story that I think is
important to share to women and men that
desire to have a family
and to never lose hope because you never
know when that prayer might become
answered it may not come the way that
you think it's gonna be answered because
I never in a million years dreamed that
I would get a phone call like I did 10
years ago
so never lose hope never lose hope
because you never know when it's gonna
be answered thank you for watching thank
you for joining my family's journey and
I can't wait to share more of our
journey and life with you
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