"Child of Mine"

'The love is the same'
Adoptive couple shares family experience through song

Guy and Kiersten Venezia, of Foristell, have many memories of their trip to China to adopt their daughter, Serena, who now is 8 years old...

Then, four years ago, Kiersten's friend in Atlanta, Karen Michel, sent her a poem after Michel adopted a child. Kiersten wrote the music and it became "Child of Mine," a song on her first CD, "Good Promises."

"It became the most requested song on KFAV," she said.

Kiersten, a Christian singer-songwriter, will perform "Child of Mine" and other songs from her CD during the Adoption Celebration at the St. Louis Christian Family Expo at the St. Charles Convention Center on Saturday.