Loved Project: June 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

JUNE 2010 Heart Gallery Venue

The Heart Gallery can be viewed throughout this month at the Assembly of God Church in Timbo Valley AR. Everyone in the Stone County area are welcome to attend services and view the children that are in search for a Forever Family.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

2010 Adoption Picnic

The LOVED Project in conjunction with the DCFS Sherri Guthrie Adoption Specialist Group held an Adoption Picnic over the weekend at the beautiful Lake Frierson State Park Pavilion. With attendees enjoying the wonderful scenery of the park, connections were made between children searching for a Forever Family and the homes that have meet all criteria to adopt children out of the State of Arkansas foster system.

"What a blessing it is to be a part of this special life changing event." Thank You to the Park Employees, Volunteers, Adoption Specialist Group, Set-Up/Clean Up Crew, Sponsors and the LOVED Project Mentors-Thank You each for spending your day working to assist me in making this a special day for the children!

Amy Harris, Director

Our Story

"Dia, you'll never save them all!" is a phrase that has been etched in my soul forever. Those are the last last words our adoption attorney spoke to us following our first adoption.

I had inquired about a 6 month old little boy staying in the same cradle care home as our daughter. We had flown to Florida as fast as we could to pick up our newborn daughter who had just been discharged from the hospital. I asked the foster mother about this little boy. She told me that no one had ever called or come by to check on him since Florida DCFS had brought him to her home. That had been 6 months ago when he was discharged from the hospital.

Before we came back to Arkansas I asked our attorney about proceeding with a private adoption for him. She told me that there was no way she would deal with Florida DCFS and then proceeded to laugh at me, saying the phrase that would change my life, "Dia, you'll never save them all!"

My husband, John, has since transformed the meaning of that phrase to our family. We like to think of 'saving them all' in reference to the 'Sand Dollar Story'.

"There once was a little boy walking down the beach throwing sand dollar after sand dollar into the sea. A man walking the other direction stopped and said, "Boy, why are you wasting your time throwing those sand dollars back into the sea? Can't you see there are hundreds of them? Throwing a few back won't matter, you can't save them all." The little boy looked into the man's eyes and firmly replied, "Sir, it mattered to that one."

Founding Family,
John, Dia and Team Sawyer

Loved Project

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

JUNE 2010 Heart Gallery Venue

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

2010 Adoption Picnic

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