"Because someone we love is in Heaven, there's a little bit of heaven in our home."Today was our little September baby's due date.It's difficult knowing today there won't be a baby here to love, hold, cuddle, feed, or take for walks. That first miscarriage was easily the most difficult thing I've ever been through.As we came … Continue reading Remembering Our Babies
Every night we say family prayers together before putting Aurelia to bed. Lately she has started having a tough time sitting still for the prayer so we decided to tweak how we pray a little bit to keep her attention 🙂 We're trying to use short sentences, words she understands fully and to pray about … Continue reading Family Prayers For a Two Year Old
The level of openness in an adoption is a personal choice and each family needs to do what is best for them and their situation. Some people want minimal contact while others have frequent personal contact. A common fear I've heard when talking to birth moms or reading birth mom blogs is the fear that the … Continue reading Openness
Alright. I've given myself a few days. In fact, I've given myself over a week. Whenever something really upsets me I give myself a few days to calm down, think rationally, and gain some perspective before I respond, blog or facebook about it. This has saved me from saying and doing a lot of stupid … Continue reading In Defense of Birth Moms
Some days I am able to laugh and joke about my infertility.Some days I have infinite optimism that all of this will be for the benefit of our family and I'll be able to look back on it and see the good.Some days I am able to be over the moon, genuinely and wholeheartedly happy … Continue reading Hard
Jess Building Joy 