After saying “never ever” over and over, we finally made the decision to jump in with both feet and adopt from Uganda. This was a pretty big deal to us. We had completely changed course from adopting an infant to adopting a little girl that was living half a world away. But God made it
adoption•family•kiddos
I Will Come to You: Part II
Corey and I were both certain that adoption was in our future, and even though we weren’t married yet, we wer having a lot of conversations about what our family might look like one day. While we were dating, we started attending a small...
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I Will Come to You: The Beginning
Before we get into all the fun details about the girls and the announcement and the travel dates, I wanted to take you back to the very beginning. Before anyone knew we were going to adopt, before we even knew there were two little...
adoption•family•kiddos
I Will Come to You: Our Adoption Story
It was almost exactly three years ago that I sat with my best friend in my dining room folding little girls’ clothes. Timidly, I spoke her name out loud. The name I had uttered so many times before. Silently in prayers pleading with God...
adoption•Uncategorized•Update
A Huge Epic Life Update
Ok, fine, the title might be a little misleading. No big news here, but it’s been so long since I updated this space and actually finding time to sit down and write something certainly feels big :). I realized recently how nice it is...
adoption•Travels
Hello from Jinja!!
Well, we made it to Uganda! After a couple sleepless nights (Literally. From Saturday morning until Tuesday night, we really only slept a couple hours. Total. Not fun.), we feel like we’re getting back on track. So far, our trip has been enjoyable. We...
adoption•surprise!
Just When Things Become Predictable…
So, this was supposed to be a season of no more surprises. Of relative stability…knowing what to expect out of life. We have a travel date for Uganda, we have a court date, we’re getting on with what we’ve been waiting for for over...
adoption•Update
A Great BIG Thank You!
You. Guys. Or for my NC friends, y’all ;). It’s been a little over a week since we posted the link to our fundraising page and we have over half of the money we need to raise to travel. WHAT?!?! This has exceeded all our...
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The Moment We’ve All Been Waiting For
Or at least the one Corey and I have been eagerly anticipating for about a year now….. WE GOT OUR COURT DATE!!!!!! What does this mean? Well, it means that we’ll travel to Uganda, stay for 8 weeks, then if all...