Labor pains. Serious labor pains. A friend of mine who is very involved with adoptions keeps telling me that the adoption process has labor pains too. This week I realized she’s right. We’ve been all over the emotional board this week and have had some moments of extreme excitement and hope and moments when those hopes were dashed and I just felt…numb. On… Read more →
Dear Baby, Last week your father and I went to Las Vegas. It was a blast. I hear about couples having a “babymoon” before they take the leap into parenthood. Even though we went for a work conference, I guess you could still consider this ours. But even though we had a great time, I couldn’t help but think of… Read more →
Dear Baby, Can I just say we are so excited to meet you? In some ways, we feel like we already have. It was such a strange string of events that got us to where we are and lead us to our decision to adopt. It’s like God’s hand is in our life directing us to where we need to go… Read more →
Okay, let’s be honest. David loves fishing a lot more than I do. He jokes that he loves fishing, and I love “catching.” There might be some truth to that. Days when we don’t catch anything are a little dull for my taste. You know what is fun though? Teaching kids how to fish. We took our friends’ kids out… Read more →