I was in a pretty dark place the past few weeks, specifically with regard to adoption. Maybe dark is the wrong word. I was in a dimly-lit place. And there was pointy furniture everywhere that I kept ramming my shins into. Maybe there scary noises involved. My point: I was overwhelmed and not the most [...]
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For the past two years I’ve felt like life is happening to me instead of because of me. The changes have been forced upon me and I acted quickly, almost without thinking, to what was going on around me. In the midst of everything, I haven’t been a very good friend to myself. Instead of [...]
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Firstly: we have raised over $1,000 towards our adoption! Hooray and thank you for all of your support and prayers. Secondly: We went to Portland on Friday to meet with an adoption agency. We loved them. The director of the program spent over an hour giving us information about the process and we left certain [...]
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Earlier this week I had to help restrain a three year old who had burned his hand. The doctor needed to pull off the dead, damaged skin so the new skin would have room to grow. It was a struggle to keep him contained and it took three adults to do so. He cried during [...]
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1) We’re raised over $850 dollars to our adoption fund so far. Twenty-two people have contributed over $850. You folks blow me away, not only because people have actually donated, but because of all of the support we’ve gotten. Brandi has a side bar dedicated to us. I feel famous whenever I visit her page. [...]
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I initially had mixed emotions when our friend Amy said she’d like to put together a ChipIn page for our adoption fund. My first reaction was gratitude, obviously, because if someone is going to volunteer to start raising money so you can buy a baby then you’d better be thankful (note: every. single. adoption site [...]
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Two weeks ago we learned we wouldn’t have children that shared our DNA. And it sucked. A lot. Now it sucks less, for reasons I don’t quite understand and that are a bit complicated to articulate. The sting of the news gradually became less and less painful, and then it was replaced with excitement, joy, [...]
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