Our little Ezra turned 1 a few days ago! He is such a happy boy and is almost always giggles and toothy grins. 🙂 He loves books and being read to, crawling after the dog and cat, snuggling and playing with mommy and daddy, and thinks his big sister is the funniest person around. He is … Continue reading Ezra is 1!
For 5 months I had given Noah constant line-of-sight care. I knew what every look, every sound, every movement meant. We took extreme measures to keep him from getting sick. Except for hospital stays and appointments with specialists Noah didn't leave the house and neither did I. I left our house only three times while … Continue reading Frantic
I've been avoiding writing this second post. I didn't plan to go into so much detail on the last one, but it came out, caught me off guard and all the emotion flattened me. It's taken a while to recover from reliving some of that and then feel strong enough to do it all again. … Continue reading The Second Set of Adoption Papers (pt. 2)
I don't want to write this. I don't want to remember what happened. This was the most traumatic single event of my life thus far. I want to forget the entire thing. What I do want is to tell how that trauma affected me and our family afterward. I want to show what trauma looks like … Continue reading The Second Set of Adoption Papers (pt. 1)
The purpose of our blog has always been threefold...1) To help people understand situations they haven't been in personally. Initially it was all about helping people understand the heartache of infertility and pregnancy loss. Then it transitioned to showing the less known ups and downs of adoption, showing how crazy the phrase "you can always … Continue reading The purpose of the blog and why it’s private for now
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