For all the adoptive parents...young and old.

We have heard throughout the adoption process that you will never, ever forget certain days during this process, referral day, your travel call, the first time you meet your baby and family day (when you get to keep them forever).  We cannot wait to experience all of these wonderful days. 

We have found that other adoptive parents going through this same process are the only people who truely understand how difficult the process can be.  They are  the only ones that really understand what you are going through.  All of our friends and family are very supportive and listen and help us through the tough times, but no one really knows it until you've lived it.

We recently spoke to an adoptive parent who shared her story with us and remembered the smallest details of her quest to become a mother.  Her story was full of detail and she talked about her 2 adoptions like it was yesterday, it was an especially wonderful story since it was my 98 year old Great Aunt! Her journey to adopt started more than 70 years ago.  This woman is amazing, and has been through a lot in her life.  When we approached her, she said that she thinks about us all of the time.  Apparently each time she spoke with my grandmother (her sister) she would ask about us, we never knew that she asked about us specifically.  She told us how she and her husband had to wait until the war was over before they were allowed to adopt.  This was because her husband was of military service age and the government would not want her to have to raise a child on her own.  She told us how she was married for 16 years before she finally became a mother.  In the late 1940's and early 1950's this was very uncommon for a woman to be married 16 years before having a family.  She told us details of her adoption and her journey that most of the family never knew.  This really does prove that it is one of those things you might not be able to relate to unless you have walked that road yourself. 

Everyone's journey is different and special in their own way.   We are very excited to be making these memories and greatful for the connection we are making along the way.  Thank you, to all of our fellow adoptive parents who have made us feel as though we are not alone on this wonderful, yet often scary and perplexing process.