stupid adoption comment

So, this weekend I was at a football game and had one of the most stupid comments about adoption said to me.
I was explaining to this man (in his 40’s) that I have three boys. Two at home and one in Haiti that we are adopting. He looked at me with a weird [...]

Dossier Requirements

The list of dossier requirements is LONG and SCARY! It is so much paperwork and takes so much time to gather everything together. I have a paper that lists everything and I am slowly but surely crossing things off of that list!
Here is what we have left to gather.
* Home study – finished [...]

Happy Birthday MOM!

Happy Birthday to you!  Happy Birthday to you!  Happy Birthday dear Nana!  Happy Birthday to you!
Mom – I love you!  Hope you have a great day today and know that you are dearly loved by all of us in TN!
Thanks for being a great mom to me.  A great example to me as a Christ [...]

booked my flight!

I just booked tickets today! I’m going to meet my son face to face in January! Praise God! I’m so happy I could cry thinking about it. I have a lot of emotions about this trip. So extremely happy, but yet scared and apprehensive too. I’ll be traveling [...]

how do you say thank you?

That is what I have been feeling lately. How do you say thank you to people that do such nice things to you?
We have seen so many people do so many nice things for us over the last few months through our adoption. I can’t even begin to list them all on here, [...]

Mom vs. Birth mom ….. my journey continues

As some of you know I do volunteer work for an adoption agency here in the Nashville area. We used them for most of our adoption in 2005 and I have been a supporter of them ever since. Each year they have a big dinner and auction to raise money for their office. [...]

Haiti timeline

Many people are often asking me what happens next in this process. What is the timeline like? These are questions that I’m myself asking quite often too. I found this today on a blog and thought it might answer some questions.
First things first – gather information for your home study & dossier.
Dossier: [...]

emotional roller coaster

I feel as though my body is reacting to my emotions from the past seven days. I am pooped and my body is screaming and pleading with me to rest. I have had a very sore throat for the past few days and wouldn’t you know it a fever blister plopped its way [...]

video of our sweet boy

I have just spent the last 30 minutes crying my eyes out and watching a video of my sweet boy Amos that the ladies at the RC made. I was about to go to bed and I checked my bloglines and there was a new blog that Lori had put up. Her blog [...]

Amos the piano player.

Today I had the kids at the Discovery Center. They love this place and I often think of Amos now when we are there. What will he think when he walks in? Will he be in sensory overload when he sees all there is to do? Will he be scared of the slide? Will he [...]