Adoption is a sensitive issue, and people who have not experienced it, cannot begin to imagine what it’s really like. I want to emphasize that this post is not to make me appear defensive, and I do not intend to offend anyone, but rather to keep it a somewhat light-hearted, comic style satire. As an adoptive…

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This is Part Two of A Journey of Faith: My Adoption Story. For Part One, click here.   *************** I was perfectly content being a mother of one. After all, that was my life for nearly three and a half years. One evening in February 2011, that all changed. My phone rang, and I looked…

READ: A Journey of Faith, Part Two – My Adoption Story continued

In honor of National Adoption month in November, I thought I would share my adoption story… When I first started blogging, I wanted to share recipes and homemaking ideas, but I soon felt compelled to share my story as well. I wrote this essay a few years ago, soon after my first adoption was finalized.…

READ: A Journey of Faith, Part One

Today also happens to be our own personal adoption day, or “Gotcha Day.” It was the day I held my son in my arms for the first time. It was the first time I was called “Mom.” The first time I felt there was something in this world that was bigger than me. The first…

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Tomorrow is October 2, 2010. Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of Cooper legally becoming a part of our family. It would also be my dad’s 72nd birthday. I thought I would share with you a couple of posts I wrote back in April & May. A special tribute to the history of this day in…

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There are many important dates in an adoption: “Gotcha” Day (as some refer to the day you bring your child home) The .26 Hearing (the day parental rights of the natural parents are terminated) The Signing (the day legal papers are signed before the adoption can be finalized) The Finalization (The final court hearing when the child is…

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Today’s walk will take us back about two years, to June of 2008. In my adoption journey, this was one of those “big days.” The .26 hearing. The day when the rights of the birthparents are terminated. For me, it was the day that I could finally exhale; for the first time in seven months,…

READ: Wednesday’s Walk: The .26 Hearing

My Cooper came home in November of 2007. Thanksgiving that year was amazing, full of family, love and joy at this new arrival. My dad, who had been very sick for several years, had a great day, and was so excited to meet his grandson, who was just ten weeks old. My dad died just five…

READ: Finalizing Our Adoption