{"id":466,"date":"2012-09-06T12:14:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T17:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janicebyrd.com\/wordpress\/?p=466"},"modified":"2012-09-08T16:02:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T21:02:36","slug":"transcript-like-dandelion-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/janicebyrd.com\/wordpress\/transcript-like-dandelion-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcript: Like Dandelion Dust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janicebyrd.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Like-Dandelion-Dust_01.gif\" rel=\"colorbox\" class=\"colorbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-467\" title=\"Like-Dandelion-Dust_01\" src=\"http:\/\/janicebyrd.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Like-Dandelion-Dust_01.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a>Recently I experienced first-hand the process of adopting a child through my sister. I accompanied her to China where she received her then two-year-old daughter. For the first time, I understood the fear that all adoptive parents face, even if only briefly. What would I do, what could I do, if someone tried to reclaim my child?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Karen Kingsbury\u2019s 2006 novel,\u00a0<em><strong>Like Dandelion Dust<\/strong><\/em>, explores just that scenario. Molly, Jack and their preschooler Joey Campbell couldn\u2019t have imagined a life more perfect&#8211;until that day the social worker called. As months of legal proceedings gave way to despair and desperation, the Campbell\u2019s asked themselves how far they were willing to go to keep their son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Kingsbury\u2019s novel is the story of two mothers, and the meaning of motherhood itself. Does the end ever justify the means? Should the birthmother\u2019s plight, before or after the adoption, have any bearing on the custody decision? What about the Biblical story of Mary and Joseph who took their son Jesus and fled to Egypt when they learned he was in danger from those in authority? These questions and more are explored in Kingsbury\u2019s provocative novel and in the Reader\u2019s Guide included at the end of the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Author Karen Kingsbury is an adoptive parent herself, and has been personally involved in the making of the movie based on her book. \u201cI wasn\u2019t prepared for the faith lessons that would come by way of a four-year-old,\u201d Kingsbury says, speaking of Joey Campbell and her own six children. Why are we so surprised when God uses the weak to teach the strong? Aren\u2019t we all admonished to be like children, trusting God and \u201cleaning not on our own understanding\u201d?\u00a0<em><strong>Like Dandelion Dust<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a story about choosing to leave our choices to God.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I experienced first-hand the process of adopting a child through my sister. I accompanied her to China where she received her then two-year-old daughter. For the first time, I understood the fear that all adoptive parents face, even if only briefly. 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