The Train to Somewhere

I ran across a book sale at Books-A-Million the other day. They had a bunch of books on sale for about 3.00 plus they were BOGO. If you didn’t already know, I have a slight obsession with children’s books. So, I picked some up.

One of the books I picked up was called, “The Train to somewhere”. I had never read the book, but it was on the Living History book list.

This morning I decided to read aloud to the kids. (bare with me, this is not a book review) I started reading about a little orphan girl and some other kids that were going to be traveling by train from New York to cities in the west, hoping that they would be adopted. After the first couple of pages I wondered if I should keep reading, or stop, because this was really hitting home. I reluctantly kept reading. It went on to tell about one girl that was waiting for her mom at every stop, because her mom told here she would be back for her. Not only was her mom not at any of the stops, nobody picked her to be adopted. She went on to the last stop alone. I continued to read with tear filled eyes, and a blubbering mouth as the little girl got of the train in a little town called “somewhere”. She saw an older couple standing there. She was kind of sad because it wasn’t her mother, but also because she didn’t think they would want her. (they were wanting a boy) Well, they did want her, and the little lady said something like, “I bet we weren’t what you wanted, but if you give us a chance, you may find that there are better things then what we want.” The little girl hugged her, and she went with them, and they lived happily ever after.

After sobbing my way through the story, Hailey hugged me and said, “I’m glad God gave me you! You are so much better then my mother. That story helped me not miss her as much, and it’s true what she said, There are better things than what we think we want. YOU!” I am still crying about it now. Adoption is so wonderful.