Impact

Recently, as I getting ready to leave for work, Owen was sitting on the floor in our room looking at some of his baby pictures. Holding up one of himself as a newborn, he said, "Dad, I just love babies. I want to always be a baby." I scooped him up and told him that he would always be our baby. I then told him that we all grow up, though, and that someday he would become a kind, gentle, caring man. "And then I'll change my last name to 'Alex' because I'm going to take care of babies," he replied. He was of course referring to our friend Alex in Malawi who is helping us with the adoption. I was struck by how one man's acts of benevolence on the other side of the world have made an impact on my four-year-old's heart. It was a good reminder to never underestimate the impact we can have when we selflessly serve others.