The end of your first year of being "live" (approved for adoption) is difficult. If you haven't been fortunate enough to adopt during that time you have to start a lot of the work all over again. The first year is hard because you probably won't be "live" for a full year before it all... Continue Reading →

Village, I am happy to announce that I have been approved to be a foster parent in my county!!!!!!!!! It was a very long process of classes, paperwork, interviews, a homestudy, and more, but I'm now officially approved to do foster care. It took 7 months, but I'm very happy to have this new chapter,... Continue Reading →

The below post was written by someone I know.  I love it and think that it's important to post. Many times (especially me on this blog) we forget that adoption is a tripod - the adoptive parents, the birth parents, and the child(ren). There was never a time I didn’t know I was adopted. But... Continue Reading →

I was recently listening to a video or a podcast (I can't remember) and the person being interviewed made the comment that "You are always right on time. You are where you're supposed to be."  I loved this quote - obviously because I'm writing about it now. I've said it over and over again, the... Continue Reading →