As I sit here writing this, I’m eagerly looking forward to when you get back home and I get to throw my arms around you. Sunday will be the fourteenth birthday I’ve had the joy of celebrating with you. I sit here and I think of how blessed I am that I get to be …

Okay so the first thing to note is that my knowledge is limited to my own experience and information I’ve gathered from friends and doing my own research. Adoption is a complicated process and there are many different approaches to it. So while my hope is to help share some knowledge and shine some light …

Over the years I’ve written a number of posts about how painful the holidays can be for those who want nothing more than to be parents. This time of year is really just a slew of reminders about that one overwhelming thing that you feel is missing from your life. Afterall the biggest focus of …

Okay – so to start – I do not have first hand experience with international adoption, which means my knowledge is limited to what I learn from others. It’s also important to note that international adoption laws and process changes frequently so all information in this post is current as of October 2018. After my …

I posted last week a little something for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. That same night we had our bi-monthly support group meeting and on the drive home I started thinking of some of those things that you just don’t know unless you’ve been through it. And for the record – I have not …

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. As I started gathering my thoughts for this post I couldn’t help but think how odd that is… as though the only month that a couple who has lost a baby is aware of it is the month dedicated to it. Obviously that’s not really what it’s …

I’ve been involved in a lot of adoption-related conversations lately. With other adoptive parents, with hopeful parents, and with those who just don’t know. It got me thinking and looking through old posts and I realized – I don’t think I’ve ever really explained the different types of adoption here. I know I’ve written a …

I recently was talking to a dear friend at church. We were discussing how to be there for a loved one who’s suffering with infertility – particularly someone who has lost a child. It’s such a horrible pain and hole that is left behind to lose a child. It can be hard to know what …

To some this may seem like a silly post, but I think for me – it’s really important. I did a thing this past weekend. I did a thing that was completely out of the norm for me. I did a thing that I honestly never would have imagined doing. I did a thing that …

You know… over the past few years, I’ve really learned a lot! And I mean a LOT! Between our whole journey through infertility and adoption, going to school for counseling, and becoming a mom of a beautiful little girl – there has been a lot of new information for me to absorb. And these new …