{"id":166301,"date":"2017-05-19T12:33:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T16:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=166301"},"modified":"2017-05-24T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T14:33:00","slug":"this-family-shows-beautiful-picture-what-open-adoption-can-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/this-family-shows-beautiful-picture-what-open-adoption-can-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopted into a loving home, baby Selah is getting a chance at life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) — After having her hopes raised and dashed for the ninth time in a year, Alisha Woodall prayed for two things at the end of 2016.<\/p>\n

First, she prayed God would make she and her husband, Cameron, adoptive parents in a way so unique that nobody could deny it was God himself who gave them a child. And second, Alisha begged that the next phone call they\u2019d receive from their attorney would finally deliver the baby they had so desperately longed to hold.<\/p>\n

Both prayers were answered by the time the calendar turned to February 2017.<\/p>\n

Not only did February dawn with the Woodall\u2019s crib\u2014which had sat empty for the better part of a year\u2014filled, but the story of how that crib became home for their newborn daughter, Selah, has divine fingerprints all over it.<\/p>\n

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Waiting for Selah<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

Taken from a musical pause throughout the book of Psalms that calls the reader to praise God, Selah\u2019s name is far more than a nod to an old word. It\u2019s a testament to parents who have tasted waiting and, now especially, have plenty of praise to offer.<\/p>\n

Married in 2010, a year to the date after they met through eHarmony.com, Cameron and Alisha had struggled with infertility for two years before pursuing adoption, starting officially when they connected with a private adoption attorney Jan. 27, 2016.<\/p>\n

Following what has become a familiar pattern to the Woodalls, it was again a year to the date from that first discussion\u2014Jan. 27, 2017\u2014when Selah was finally placed in their arms.<\/p>\n

Unlike the year leading up to their wedding, however, 2016 was an excruciating interval. Nine times, they were called with a potential match. Nine times, they prayed earnestly that this would be their child. And nine times, they felt the sting of loss when they were told it wasn\u2019t going to happen, at least not this time.<\/p>\n