Miracles of Mia: M & M

By Tara L. Reich

Miracles of Mia is a story of a nineteen-month-old orphaned little girl from China. From beginning to end, God has revealed his miraculous plan in choosing us as her forever family. Mia, through many adoptions and physical and emotional struggles, will reach into your heart and allow you to see God and all the wonders of life we forget to cherish every day. She will inspire joy, laughter, and deep purpose as she demonstrates her love of life!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512762914

Tara L. Reich

New author Tara Lynn Reich lives in rural Pennsylvania with her husband and four children. She is living her childhood dream of motherhood. God has used the gift of adoption in her life to inspire her book. The hearts of many have been moved through the eyes of her little girl Mia Lynn. She desires her readers to have faith and be encouraged to trust God through all struggles—his plan is perfect.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-6292-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-6293-8 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-6291-4 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016918483

WestBow Press rev. date: 11/15/2016

Contents

Chapter 1    Open Doors

Chapter 2    Open Hearts

Chapter 3    Over the Top

Chapter 4    Meeting at Last

Chapter 5    Little Mi

Chapter 6    China Hospitality

Chapter 7    Home at Last

Chapter 8    Seeing

Chapter 9    No Words

Chapter 10    Suspect Satan

Chapter 11    School Days

Epilogue

This story is written by

Tara L. Reich

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For you created my inmost being: you knit me together in my mother’s heart. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made: your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

—Psalms 139: 13–14

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This story may never be published, but my desire to share the blessings God has revealed to us over and over has weighed on my heart. This needs to be shared, as I am in awe of the great God we serve, and how he has revealed himself over and over again in Mia’s story.

Chapter 1

Open Doors

Ask and it will be given to you: seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

—Matthew 7:7

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W hen I was a little girl, one day in Sunday school a missionary visited to speak to us about China. Since the day I could play with dolls, God has given me the deep compassion and desire to be a mom. In our current society, this role doesn’t always seem like enough, but in God’s eyes it is all there is for me.

I remember our church missionary from China speaking to us about babies, especially little girls, being disposed of or left in the wilderness. Many girls were abandoned as the parents waited in hope that they would be blessed with a boy. The deepest part of me always wanted to make a difference, but traveling halfway around the world seemed totally impossible to me. This is my story. All things are possible with God, especially miracles.

The adoption seed started to grow. My husband, Andy, and I got married young. We were blessed with three lovely children in the first seven years of marriage. We have two sons, Drew Anthony and Braiden Gary, and a daughter, Dorothyann Michelle.

Drew was always a curious little boy and has taken us on many adventures as parents, and that, in itself, could be another book. He loves deeply, and God has gifted him with a mind for mechanics. Dorothyann is beautiful and artistic. She has a deep compassion for children and uses this gift every day as Mia’s big sister. Braiden is very sensitive with a heart for others’ feelings. He loves nature and enjoys exploring it.

Having three children under the age of five seemed at the time like plenty to handle, and