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Robin Rosario and her husband were called to be parents.
Their oldest child, a biological son named Robert, is now 28
and a chaplain’s assistant and staff sergeant in the Army.
But when the family moved to Florida almost 20 years ago,
adoption entered their lives. And it came with blessings…
and challenges.
They began attending Son Rise
Christian Church. On the drive to church
one day, Robin was listening to WAY-FM
Christian radio station out of West Palm
Beach and heard the song “75 Grains
of Sand,” which has references to Jesus,
faith and spirituality. The message was
so strong for her that Robin pulled off
the road to cry. “The words brought it
all together for me,” she recalls. “You
are not alone, you are loved and I’m
here. Just fall, and I’ll catch you. My faith
really grew here.”
The song resonated with Robin
because the family had just adopted
six-week-old Maria, now a senior at First
Baptist. Robin says there is “absolutely
no difference” between the love for
a biological child and the love for an
adopted child. “When you look into a
child’s face, you know that God meant
that child for you.”
Eight years later, the Department
of Children and Families called them
to say that Maria’s mother had given
The Rosario kids, from left,
Josh, Trinity Rose, Maria,
and Robert.
birth to another girl. The family adopted
Trinity Rose when she was six weeks
old. “She is an amazing big sister, has
been in three plays, is a cheerleader,
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