7 Songs For Waiting Adoptive Parents
The adoption process is emotional and for adoptive parents the waiting for your adoptive child can feel like forever. You may find music can support you through this time.
As an adoptive parent you may find the following 7 songs inspiring:
1. I Choose You by Sara Bareilles
Barielles’ song will help give you hope as you wait for your child with her lyrics:
There was a time when I would have believed them
If they told me you could not come true
Just love's illusion
But then you found me and everything changed
And I believe in something again
2. A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
Perri perfectly captures what it feels like to be waiting for the one you love for so long. As a waiting adoptive parent you will find you can relate to her chorus:
One step closer
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
3. I Knew I Loved You by Savage Garden
Every adoptive parent starts loving their child long before they even meet them. Savage Garden speaks for all adoptive parents with their lyrics:
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
4. When Love Takes You In by Stephen Curtis Chapman
As an adoptive parent himself, Chapman speaks for all adoptive parents through this song about the beautiful love that is experienced through your adoptive child. His lyrics may give you something to look forward to as he sings:
When love takes you in and everything changes
A miracle starts with the beat of a heart
When love takes you home and says you belong here
The loneliness ends and a new life begins
When love takes you in
5. Bless the Broken Road by Rascal Flatts
If you are religious and feel that your adoptive journey is one blessed by God, then you may find this Rascal Flatts song is the right one for you. The band stirs up a lot of feelings with their song’s chorus:
That every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart, they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Yes, He did
6. Lullaby by Dixie Chicks
With this soothing, whimsical song, the Dixie Chicks might be able to provide the comfort you are looking for. The opening lyrics may say it all for you:
They didn't have you where I come from
Never knew the best was yet to come
Life began when I saw your face
And I hear your laugh like a serenade
7. You’ll Be In My Heart by Phil Collins
With this song from the movie Tarzan, Collins created a ballad about parental love that every parent can relate to. Listening to this song will get you excited to be able to sing these lyrics for your child when the time comes:
'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
