I know what you’re thinking. Some of you are watching our various adoption processes and waiting to see how they turn out. Maybe in the future you will adopt? And then you read my various emo blog posts and status updates and you realize that you would rather stab yourself in the eye with a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Adoption
Closure
I’m a part of several transracial adoption groups on facebook. They’ve been talking about this documentary called “Closure” for a while. I bought it about a week ago, but hadn’t watched it because I knew it would be emotional. Last night, as we hunkered down for the sleet and ice that was about to slam … Continue reading
Adoption is Like a Box of Chocolates
I was joking with another pre-adoptive parent the other day about how, at the beginning of this adoption process, I was like a unicorn fairy spreading the joy of my adoption to all that I came into contact. Cut to today, where if you tell me how wonderful adoption is, I’ve become like a grumpy … Continue reading
6 Years: Into the Fog
Every year, Alex and I trade off doing a surprise trip for our anniversary. Last year, Alex took me to San Antonio; the year before that, I dragged him up to Oklahoma. Would you like to know what we did today? We bought $80 worth of socks and underwear at American Apparel and then we … Continue reading
Adoptions Update
Ya’ll. Seriously. Adoption is hard. HARD. DIFFICULT. FRUSTRATING. Makes you want to pull your hair out. Makes you want to cry all the time. Is always always always on your mind. Here’s some updates on our two concurrent adoptions. This process has all but slowed to a slow drip. The state offices that deal with … Continue reading
I’m Gonna Make This Place Your Home
Now that the second adoption cat is out of the bag, I can tell you that Alex and I have been running around the Metroplex like crazy people trying to fulfill all of the adoption requirements AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. We’re hoping to be licensed (ready to ask about kids) by mid-to-late August. I’m … Continue reading
One Year
It’s been almost one year since we announced our adoption publicly on this blog. That’s been a year full of home studies and letters from doctors and letters from accountants and pictures of our home and letters from psychologists and employment verifications and fundraising and crying and laughing and dreaming and decision-making and waiting and … Continue reading
Dear Daughter: I’ve Known for a Long Time
Dear daughter- I got a package in the mail today from Nanny (my maternal grandmother). I never know if she’ll send me underwear after I blog that mine mysteriously went missing from the dryer at my shady apartment complex or if it’ll be a newspaper clip of some Irish dancing that reminds her of our … Continue reading
Dear Daughter: Sonic Love
Hey sweet girl- Did you know it’s been almost a year since we’ve started this adoption process? A YEAR! That is so long and we have so far to go, but this has been the most important, emotional year of my life- a year filled with inexplicable joy and heartaches. If we’re to believe the … Continue reading
Sonic Fundraiser
Did you know that Sonic had fundraisers? I guess in the dark recesses of my mind, I’d tucked that fact away somewhere but when a church friend (SHOUT OUT, RITA!) told me she wanted to organize one for us, I was surprised. Tomorrow, we’ll be at a Sonic in Carrollton from 9-6, stuffing food bags … Continue reading
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