All I Really Want for Christmas

This song makes me cry everytime I hear it. I just thought I'd share with you the lyrics, as it has ruined my mascara two Sundays in a row now! Stephen Curtis Chapman is an adoptive dad and has an incredible story of bringing his daughter home in the midst of the SARS epidemic in China. If you are an adoptive parent, you should definitely download the song from iTunes. [Also, Ray would have me tell you that it looks like we might be in a good spot with the new laws in Guatemala, and hopefully any delays in converting to the new adoption system will be small].

Stephen Curtis Chapman

"All I Really Want for Christmas"

Well, I don't know if you remember me or not

I'm one of the kids they brought in from the home

I was the red-haired boy in an old, green flannel shirt

You may not have seen me, I was standing off alone

I didn't come and talk to you 'cause that's never worked before

And you'll probably never see this letter, anyway

But just in case there's something you can do to help me out

I'll ask you one more time

All I really want for Christmas is someone to tuck me in

A shoulder to cry on if I lose, shoulders to ride on if I win

There's so much I could ask for, but there's just one thing I need

All I really want for Christmas is a family

Well, I guess I should go ahead and tell you now

If it's really true about that list you have

Somehow I always seem to end up in a fight

But I'm really trying hard not to be bad

But maybe if I had a brother or a dad to wrestle with

Maybe they could teach me how to get along

And from everything I've heard, it sounds like the greatest gift on earth

Would be a mom

All I want for Christmas is someone who'll be here

To sing me happy birthday for the next 100 years

And It's okay if they're not perfect or even if they're a little broken

That's alright, 'Cause so am I

Well, I guess I should go, it's almost time for bed

Maybe next time I write you I'll be at home

`Cause all I really want for Christmas is someone to tuck me in

Tell me I'll never be alone, someone whose love will never end

Of all that I could ask for, well, there's just one thing I need

All I really want for Christmas is a family