Category: Adoption

Legacy of an Adopted Child (author unknown) Once there were two women Who never knew each other. One you only remember, The other you call Mother. Two different lives Shaped to make yours one: One became your guiding star, The other became your sun. The first gave you life And the second taught you to…

Guess what happened this week: We completed our dossier paperwork. This warrants a moment of silence. ………………….. Thank you for rejoicing with us. Can you hear our sighs of relief? We are still waiting for some paperwork to arrive before we actually send it off, but OUR work is DONE. (Picture me doing the Roger Rabbit…

I had a surprise visitor last night. Another sweet Sister from my weekly Adoptive Moms group showed up at my door unexpectedly, bearing good news… and a picture. For those of you who have gone before us in the adoption journey, you know what this means: Referral. We screamed, we cried, I may have jumped,…

What is worth getting out of my warm bed at 2:30 in the morning on a school/work night for? This is. This is one of my sweet Sisters from my treasured weekly Adoptive Moms support group. She has just met her son for the first time. Her husband flew to the Democratic Republic of the…

I love to celebrate. I adore a party. And party planning? My jam. I’ve known several moms who loathe birthday parties, the crazy planning and chaos-control they require. Not me. I peruse party blogs for fun in my spare time– though, admittedly, I’ve already meticulously planned out the girl’s birthday parties for the next three years. I’ve hosted countless baby/bridal showers, Superbowls, Christmases,…

Last night I cried my way through a screening of the acclaimed documentary “Somewhere Between“. This film follows four teen girls, previously adopted from China into American families, as they navigate life stuck somewhere between their two cultures. Two of the teens travel back to China and [Spoiler alert!] one even reconnects with her birth…

Thank you all so much for your donations in support of our adoption. We hope to host another giveaway soon. Our girls are excited to announce the results of the drawing…

Adoption is expensive. Crazy expensive. The high cost is actually pretty frustrating when you consider it has surely deterred many a willing family from pursuing adoption in the past. In truth, children without homes is more than frustrating– it’s heartbreaking. There are countless expenses that multiply on top of each other, especially in an international…

Where have we been? Where are we at? We are buried in paperwork. For realsies. We just completed 12 painstaking pages [each] of autobiographical questionnaire detailing nearly every waking thought/experience we’ve had from conception until present. Then notarized it. We arranged for guardianship of our {THREE!} children in the event of our untimely demise. Notarized. We sent…