{"id":4447,"date":"2016-01-28T21:48:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T02:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/?p=4447"},"modified":"2016-01-28T21:48:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T02:48:29","slug":"jeremys-family-moving-the-mountain-out-of-their-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rebeccafrech\/2016\/01\/jeremys-family-moving-the-mountain-out-of-their-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy’s Family – Moving the Mountain Out of Their Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Imagine that there is a child you love. A child born not from your body, but in your heart. A boy you have loved and raised since he was 6 months old, and\u00a0now he\u2019s 5\u00a0years old.<\/p>\n

Then imagine that as much as he is your child in fact, he is not in law\u2026.and you can\u2019t afford to do anything to change that.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the situation of one of the moms I know from WCMX. (Wheelchair Motocross.) We huddle together on a chilly Tuesday and watch her Jeremy and my Ella come screaming down the ramps. We laugh at their bravado, and are the proudest of Mamas.<\/p>\n

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But she\u2019s not legally his mother\u2026yet.<\/p>\n

Jeremy was placed by CPS with his aunt Theresa when his birth mother (her cousin) proved unable to care for him. In addition to her own struggles, he was born missing the lower part of his spinal cord, Caudal Regression Syndrome. He\u2019s such a happy kid, and the love he has received from his Mom shows in everything he does.<\/p>\n

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Adoption costs for Jeremy are estimated to run around $10,000, but she needs at least $2,500 to hire the attorney. It seems absurd to me that it could cost so much for a\u00a0parent who is willing to adopt a special needs child, who is her blood relative, out of foster care. We should not be putting such mountains in her way.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s why I\u2019m asking you for help. Please help me move this mountain for her. Let\u2019s help make his family a permanent one. It doesn\u2019t have to be a lot from any one person, but $5 each from a lot of people would make his adoption possible.<\/p>\n

So please donate if you can, and if you\u2019re in Texas, please call your State Representative and let them know that you shouldn\u2019t have to go broke to give a kid a home. We shouldn\u2019t have to move this mountain out of their path towards being a forever family.<\/p>\n

Thank you<\/p>\n

Click here to donate to Jeremy\u2019s Adoption Fund. <\/a>Whether or not you are able to financially contribute, we ask that you hold this family close in prayer. Thanks<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0here to follow Jeremy\u2019s Journey<\/a><\/p>\n

All photos courtesy of Jeremy's Journey and used with permission<\/pre>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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