The universe, the earth, the continents, the states, the cities, the residents, you and me are all pieces of a huge puzzle. The pieces all fit together to form a "more perfect union." That's how God works. He put everything together and together everything forms a magnificent picture. And while I would never question what God does I do question where my piece fits in. I am the puzzled piece. I'm the one who doesn't know where I fit in. I know where others want my piece to fit and I know where others have forced my piece to fit but without the whys and the wherefores, I'm clueless as to my part in that bigger picture.
That's what adoption has done to me, it leaves the maddening noise of magnified emptiness. A noise so loud it dominates all of the space around me. I don't want to sound obsessed by my adoption, but I am obsessed. I can think of other things but those thoughts are all squeezed together to make room for the question "who am I?"
Spiritually I know I have been adopted into the body of Christ. Physically I know I have been adopted into the family that took me in. Mentally I realize none of this. It's not that I don't want to know that I belong somewhere, it's that I feel like a motherless child: a long, long way from home.
An excerpt from Puzzled Piece (projected release date Christmas of 2011)
Copyright©2010 Rosa Elmore Ferguson
Alright now Rosa! Congrats. I can't wait for the release and know if its anything like Loved to Death it will be a hit! Is that you above? (The little girl?)
ReplyDeleteYolanda, Yes it's me! It was a picture from The Chattanooga Observer (my great uncle was the publisher or editor). It put an article in the paper because I was named for both of my grandmothers. It was titled What's In A Name
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