I made these paintings on cardstock paper (forgive the curling) a couple years ago when we were worn from digging through and around different pitfalls, barriers and other discouragements in adoption. It seemed like the Enemy was winning in keeping the orphans from becoming family. Just thought I’d share. Don’t give up.:
We are the dot on the right. We are sending out beams of energy towards the orphans, who live in the brownness. One of the orphans has a yellow dot, signifying the one we’re bringing home. But there is a seemingly inpenetrable barrier between us with several layers.
Adoption painting – we are the heart in the top left corner. Darkness of loss is the bottom corner. The child we’re adopting is in the middle, surrounded by layer after layer, preventing us from getting to them. The darkness is trying to reach around our child as we try to get them out of the layers.
Can anybody tell me what word I was trying to write here? This is an acrylic painting… the crib symbolizing the crib our son was in and the future of most orphans with special needs. The word perhaps signifying adoption or redemption or family. The word is in Bulgarian.
