As a family, we have felt so much gratitude lately.
Another successful school year is winding down, the weather is warming up and we are feeling settled in our new home.
We are grateful for our growing, healthy children and
our very supportive extended family
(and friends we choose as family).
Lately we have been especially thankful for the gift of open adoption and birth families,
with whom we were able to share yesterday with.
with whom we were able to share yesterday with.
A real treasure.
We have spent a lot of time reflecting on the very bumpy road that led us to this place.
These past eight years have not been easy.
Together, we have experienced the tremendous loss of our two children and have gone through medical setbacks with Colin that have shaken us to our core.
The road leading us to parenthood has not been easy,
but it certainly makes the journey that much sweeter.
Sometimes I feel like Mother's Day is more like a personal accomplishment for me.
It's as though I have prevailed, succeeded and can taste the victory.
I have longed and waited.
I have cried and prayed.
I have endured and planned over and over again.
And Mother's Day marks all of that- kind of like reassurance that I've won.
There is not an hour in a day that goes by that I'm not thankful for all of it.
Each and every step in the process.
The loss.
The grief.
The emptiness.
All. Of. It.
It has made me a better mother.
Today marks one day closer to becoming a mother once again.
All of our home study documents have been approved (we have 'officially' proven to be good parents) and more paperwork has been completed and shipped out to a immigration lock box in Texas.
We can see the light!
Our minds are beginning to focus on our baby, already born and waiting for us.
Oh sweet little one...
Our resilient hearts are determined and strong.
We will do whatever it takes to find you and bring you home.
You, too, are part of our story
You, too, will help make me a mother.
(first outfit purchase!)
