The past few years have been a crazy roller coaster ride – and somewhere along the way I began pondering about starting a blog…this blog.  A place to share my life experiences on the amazing journey of adoption.  I do this with two wishes in my heart, to connect and to help.  I wasn’t sure how I wanted to approach this, but decided that I was going to speak to you all like you are already my close friends.  Throughout our experience of infertility and adoption we kept everyone, even very close family members, at a distance.  My goal is to talk to you the way I wish I would have talked to my family and friends as I was going through it all.

To connect

I want so much to connect with anyone who has had similar experiences.  Going through adoption to grow our family has been the greatest gift and trial of my life.  And it has been a lonely road.  My husband and I are very private people, as a result we didn’t let a lot of people in.  Even our closest family members didn’t know of our struggle with infertility or that we were trying to adopt until 3 weeks before our first baby was placed with us.  As a result, I have felt very isolated.  It is probably the decision I regret the most.  But I am now at a place where I feel it is essential to reach out.

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To help

I want to be the person I wish I had to help, support, and sympathize with along the road of adoption.  I want to help others navigate the obstacles and to share in their joy, hope, anxiety, sorrow and all the other emotions that you experience when adopting.  I would love to offer guidance and advice that helped us along the way.  Tips for creating a profile that will stand out, ideas for letters to Birth Moms, creating a beautiful relationship with your Birth Moms and more!

We have been through it all! I truly feel like we have experienced every possible negative outcome that is possible from adoption.  But we have had MIRACLES as well.  And that is how I really feel about adoption….it’s a miracle. My boys are miracles!  And I will share all the details of how they came to me along the way.

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I hope that this will be a safe haven for anyone looking for love and support on their adoption journeys.

Although this blog will be from my perspective as an adoptive parent I want to make sure that all feel welcome! Especially anyone who has been touched by adoption.

This includes anyone who has adopted a child, has an adopted sibling, was adopted, has a friend who was adopted, Birth Moms, Birth Fathers, and Birth Families.  This also includes anyone currently going through the adoption process, someone considering adoption, and anyone who may just be curious about adoption.

I am aware that adoption is a very tender subject and hope to always speak of it, and all parties involved, with the kindness and respect and reverence that is due. And I hope that you will all do the same

I am so excited to share to share this journey with all of you and hope that you will all feel free to ask questions and leave comments!

Thank you my lovely friends!