Adoption is a journey, that’s for sure.  And when my husband, Aaron, and I started the process to bring our first daughter home in June 2007, I was pretty naive.  We wanted to be parents.  Adoption was the logical and best choice for us.  We’d complete the paper work, endure the wait, travel to [...]

How do you measure time?  As a mom, it is marked by the milestones and growth of my children and family.  It has been about a year and a half since Abenezer joined our family.  I remember vividly the questions I had weeks before I went to pick him up.  What would he be like?  [...]

Editor’s Note: While the series is called 1 Year Out, this great family is actually two years out…but you get the point! Adoption is a roller coaster.  International adoption takes the roller coaster and removes the handlebars and seatbelts and makes the hills bigger.  Not only are you encouraged to let go and relinquish control [...]

I have been doing a lot of thinking.  November was our one year mark for being home.  It was a great celebration and a time to reflect.  One year…one monumental year.  There are definitely things I’ve learned… 1. I love my daughter more and more.  I really love her.  I think at the first there [...]