If you're looking for an entertaining yet heartwarming movie for this weekend, look no further than The Odd Life of Timothy Green. The movie follows a couple who learns that they are unable to conceive a child. While they grieve the biological child that would never be, a magical thunderstorm delivers to them a 10 year old boy, Timothy, who is the epitome of what they had hoped for. Timothy teaches the Greens and the rest of their small town many lessons during his short time in existence. Timothy not only helps the Greens through the grieving process, but he prepares their home and their hearts for the adopted child in their future.
While I have been fortunate to have been able to conceive, I can imagine how important in those circumstances it is to grieve the biological child that never was. A good friend of mine has two adopted sons, and she will be the first to tell you that her sons didn't replace or try to make up for the biological children she was not destined to have. She first grieved that loss, that inability, and then when her heart was whole again she and her husband welcomed their two amazing sons into their home. What an important movie to delve into this particular area of the adoption world.
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