I am so glad we adopted a very special sixth child. My wife's bravery helped me find my own

National Adoption Month is traditionally observed in November. Here's a personal story I want to share with you about how a very special boy became part of our family.

Our emotions surged: excitement, nervousness, gratitude, disbelief, joy.    We met our son, Rex Stefan, on Valentine’s Day. To say he stole our hearts would be a vast understatement. In fact, he mended them in ways we didn’t know possible.   This was the very child that God had set aside for us to mend a broken bond, the child who we would spend the rest of our lives loving and caring for.  Matt Effhauser resides in East Grand Forks, Minn.,, with his loving wife, Sarah, and their six children.

I also felt a tinge of sadness – and even guilt – knowing that we could have easily missed out on this most precious moment if it weren’t for the resolve of my incredible wife, Sarah, and the words a priest had shared at a retreat two years prior: "What is going to be the thing in your life that defines you, your ‘yes?’"