My heart is breaking into what feels like a million tiny pieces, I can’t hold back my tears. Amidst the pain, the song, “It is Well” echos in my mind. Especially this part; “When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to […]

The day that is so full of emotion for many. This is my first Mother’s Day having my own babies here with me to love on. Every time that I stop and think about my children, I am SO overwhelmed with joy, and in awe that God has entrusted me to love and care for them! […]

It’s 1am and sit awake, unable to sleep, on what will be the day of your adoption. I am thrilled and so emotional anticipating the events that will take place today. We have spent the last couple of weeks (and months) talking about and preparing for today! Everyone is so excited! We have been talking a lot about […]

We got THE call! The call that we have been anticipating since the girls were placed with us. The call that I have tried to not think about for the last 6 months. The call that allowed us to finally breathe out a breath of relief. The call that we have been working so hard toward. […]

Guys – I haven’t blogged in THREE months! Ughhhhh, I kept building it up in my head, like it was a daunting task ahead of me. Why?! I do not know! I love writing, processing (most of the time), and sharing; and I always feel a billion times better after doing it. Please remind me […]

I’m new to this whole “mom thing”. The day that I met our babies, I had an undeniable love for them. In fact, I think the love that I have for them existed even before I met them. Love is a marvelous and mysterious thing. You can love someone so much, yet be so hurt by […]

24 days ago our lives were forever changed. 24 days ago our daughters moved into our home – we went from a family of two to a family of four – and our lives will never be the same! In my last blog post I shared that the girls were going to be moving in […]

When we began the adoption process I didn’t have many expectations. With each class that we took a picture of “what to expect when adopting” was painted. I took all of the information that I was hearing at our parenting classes and combined it with the stories shared by foster and adoptive parents, and I began to form […]

Joe and I have come to a very exciting milestone in our adoption journey – on Monday (April 25th) we completed our home study! The home study consisted of five in home meetings that were about two hours each; our social worker, Stacey, from the adoption agency came into our home and conducted these meetings. Each meeting […]

Preparing for our adoption journey has been messy, exciting, and terrifying all rolled into one. I imagine many aspects of preparation are similar to becoming a biological parent. There are multiple areas of our lives that we have had to “get ready” to become parents, a lot more than I can cover in one blog. […]