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A very Special Child

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In this heartwarming book by author Debra Shiveley Welch, we are privilaged to experience the depths of her love and thankfulness for her adoptive son
Christopher. The author takes you on a journey from her and her husbands head-bent prayers to their God asking for a child, receiving their blessing and the child's growing years. Very touching, very sensitive.


In her work, Ms. Welch tenderely tells of the Lord giving attributes to her yet unborn son while in the womb of the frightened young mother. God takes some sweetness from the Cherubs, sweet music from the birds, laughter from the dolphins, and wraps them in love from the mother placing it all carefully into the spirit of the unborn babe. A beautiful gift of life waiting to be unwrapped and cherished. Waiting to be placed in the arms of a loving mother and father.

This is a wonderful work that any adoptive parent, or any parent that truly knows how blessed they are, could give to their beloved child to show them how much they are loved and how special they are. It is filled with wonderful poetry and essays of experiences shared and life lived. A delightful, heartful work that I am proud to recommend.

Shirley Johnson
Senior Reviewer
MidWest Book Review

To Whom it May Concern:
I just finished reading a wonderful children's book, titled "A Very Special Child." It explains adoption in a very loving and spiritual way; in a way that a child can understand.
In addition, this book not only tells the story of Christopher, the son she adopted, but tells the story from her heart. It brought tears not only to my face, but also to my heart.
Ms. Welch expresses, in her writing, all of the love, hopes, and courage, she has. She loves her child, her son, with all of her heart.
I am the mother to a special needs child. Mine is a man grown, but still a child in his mind. I
know the profoundness of the love that Ms. Welch feels for her child. Like Ms. Welch, I had always
wanted to be a mother from the age of 8 years old. Like Ms. Welch, my child came later in my life.
Mine is my birth child. Ms. Welch's is the child of adoption, but never the less, still a child borne of her heart. No other love exists as strong, as special, as deep as that of a mother towards her young.
I would strongly recommend this book for any parent, especially those that are thinking of adoption, or for any parents that have a natural child, but are contemplating adoption? This book will help both the natural child as well as the adopted child understand.

A Very Special Child by Debra Shiveley is a wonderful book written with child-like wonder. Debra removes the stigma of adoption by showing adopted children everywhere that they are indeed special, wanted and loved. Debra demonstrates how the birth mother served a significant role in preparing the gift of a baby to a very loving family in simple easy to read terms. She demonstrates through magic and wonderment how nothing is an accident; all is within God's divine plan.

Her essays and poems reveal the many aspects of parenting: the yearning for that perfect child, the joy of parenting, the everyday routine of mother and child relationship to the twinge of pain when a mother realizes her child has grown up. Debra crosses generations and demonstrates how this love continues from mother to grandmother and beyond. In all of this she maintains that there is no such thing as an imperfect child. Like the butterfly which cannot fly, a child with an imperfection is still and always will be perfect in the sight of God and always first and foremost a very special child.

Carol Roach, M.Ed, BA

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Author of "Picking Up the Pieces" and

"Angels Watching Over Me"

TITLE: A Very Special Child
AUTHOR: Debra Shively Welch
COPYRIGHT: 2005 by Debra Shively Welch
GENRE: Children's, Inspirational
FORMAT: Paperback
PUBLISHED BY: Saga Books
ISBN: #1894936426

This inspirational children's book is the story the adoption of a very special child.

This tender story begins with the future parents deep in prayer asking God for a child. At the same time, we meet a frightened sixteen-year-old pregnant girl. She wonders how she is going to care for her child when she has no money and is still in school.

God hears the couples' prayer. He realizes that they've been praying for a baby for several years and decides to give them a child. He visits the pregnant girl in a dream and advises her to become a surrogate mother.

Ms. Welch then shows God picking all the elements that He is going to put into the newborns' nature and personality.

After the story, there are several essays and poems written by the author and her mother. Each have the same theme to them. That is the thrill of motherhood and the miracle that is a child.

This book is a 'must have' for every adopted child, their parents or any parent at all. It is full of emotion and is puncuated with love for the adopted child. This would also make a wonderful gift for either the adoptive child or his new parents!

A Very Special Child

by Deborah Hockenberry

A Very Special Child invoked wonderful stories told to me of my adoption. It is a great read for adoptive parents and children alike. Debra has a way of making the reader feel the love she shines on her special boy and has you experience the gratitude of such a gift. She has reminded me of the fortune in people's lives who have experienced adoption.

This book should be amongst every adopted child's keepsakes, signed by Mommy and Daddy. There is deep passion and love for an adopted child painted by Debra's words. Read every page and be touched by a mother's love for her child.

To see the inner beauty of a child, whilst acknowledging that certainly for the first few years what the world might see is a physical defect is no mean thing. And there is no mean thing about Debra or her book. She does not ignore the potential heartaches but shows how a loving heart and great spirit can spin pure gold. Read this book when you are down and you will be uplifted. Read it when you are 'up' and your faith in doing the right thing and the power of love will be reconfirmed.

Only a Mother could fully understand the agony and the love a birth mother has for a child she must give up for adoption. And only a Mother could fully understand that a child born with a birth defect is only made more special by this imperfection.

Author and friend, Debra Shiveley Welch, is a very special mother with a very special child. In reading Debra's book you will not be disappointed. She is a talented writer and she'll whisk you away to ride upon pages filled with courage, strength and unconditional love, past and present. And you'll sail upon pages tainted with turmoil & agony, but never defeat. An uplifting read for parents and their children, adopted or not.

Run out and buy your copy today!

Ruth Cox
http://abitosunshine.net

I recently had the pleasure of reading "A Very Special Child", written by Debra Shiveley Welch. This book is a story that explains in very simple and heart wrenchingly beautiful terms, how much her child means to her life even though she did not have the privilege of carrying him herself.

If you have ever known how good it feels to have a child's arms around your neck, this book is for you. If you have ever wondered what a child can bring into your life, or someone else's life, this book is for you. In fact, I cannot imagine anyone who would not enjoy this book. I can guarantee you a warm and fuzzy feeling in your heart by the time you close the cover.

When Debra began to write this book she shared it with me! I was delighted to learn that A Very Special Child has been puiblished. this is a most useful and wonderful book for adoptive parents to read to thier chlld to show him or her where they came from and how the process works. it is loving and dear and is non threatening for the child. I think Ms Welch has done a surpurb job with the issue of a young woman giving up the option to raise her son or daughter, but to allow a couple who truly desires to parent a chance at the happiness of parenting!

I recomend this book to any parent who is concidering or who has already adopted a child!

Sincerely Vona