Ella Gardner born October 31, 2008 she was due Feb 3, 2009 1lb 14 oz she was placed in the care of Angela and Randall Gardner by Thanksgiving she was so tiny they had to keep her in the hospital but with the loving devotion of her foster parents she thrived. Once Ella felt their love and felt their concern for her she fought and she grew and grew and grew.
Angela doing Kangaroo care with Ella they did that regularly so Ella could feel skin to skin contact and could feel secure and loved.
Ella now almost two years old on the day of her adoption September 13, 2010 big, strong, happy and thriving thanks to the constant love and nurture of her adoptive parents.
It's official Ella becomes Ella Paige Gardner daughter of Angela and Randall Gardner
Love is capable of so much and it is my belief that EVERY single child born needs to feel love and needs to have a family who loves them. I think it speaks volumes when someone can reach out to a child they didn't carry inside them and love them and help them thrive. Angela summed it up well when she told me that it wasn't an easy decision to decide to take in a daughter that was so small and in intensive care they didn't have any guarantees but that what they ultimately decided was that this little girl needed a mommy and daddy who loved her as long as they had her they would be that for her. Now that's love and that's inspiring to me as I am going on this journey to foster parenting and adoption myself that is an example I can follow.
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