A collection of essays written from real life — thoughtful, honest, and still unfolding.
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Our Adoption Failed.
Today at 3:30 we received the news from our adoption agency that our expectant mother had officially withdrawn from our adoption plan. We just experienced a disrupted adoption. The following is my real and…
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COVID-19 and the jumbled mess that is my brain…
The last blog post I wrote was answering a few common questions about open adoption… and boy has a lot changed in life since then! When I was writing that blog post the chatter…
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Open Adoption
A lot of the questions we get about our adoption centers around the topic of “Open Adoption”. If it’s not “Why Open Adoption? it’s “What exactly is an open adoption?” I get it.. I…
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It’s a…. Gender reveal!
I’ve gotten a bit behind on blog posts and there is really no explanation or excuse for it. BUT we’ve known the gender of the baby we’re matched with for a month now, so…
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When you have no control…
“I think this is just part of your personality Amanda… You like to plan, and we’ve been able to plan and pull off a lot of things really well. When we were trying to…
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We’ve been matched!
The pacing of the world of adoption is so very interesting to me. Things are either happening at the speed of light, or soooo slow. Keep in mind, this is my perspective having only…
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Reflecting on 2 years of infertility… and a stork drop practice run…
So It’s been a month or so since I’ve posted last, and I can’t say that the pacing schedule will really be any different moving forward. Honestly, even when things are happening that can…
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Frequently Asked Adoption Questions
What age are you hoping to adopt? Zach and I are currently pursuing a domestic infant adoption. Which basically means we are seeking an expectant mother in the United States who is make an…
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Our Home Study Visit
In a fashion true to our life, this month has been CRAZY and frankly I don’t see anything slowing down before the end of the year. We leave in less than 48 hours for…
Growing A to Z 