ADOPTION & ME

Don't worry, dear reader, adoption fears still feature in my life. They are real and present, but actually, thanks to everything else I...

So the blog template suggests I add an engaging title. And what would that be, to reflect my life today, on August 15th 2020? I could do...

As I sit here, only a few days away from meeting our little one - our daughter - I cannot help but feel scared. As I've mentioned in a...

Two panels within a month, two completely different experiences. Both successful, both unanimous approvals, yet the feelings during and...

Circle of light. What does this image conjure up for you? For me, cheesy as it may sound, it is what I felt and saw in my mind’s eye when...

During the adoption process, I have experienced a different set of worries at every stage. The reasons for these grow heavier as time...

I am not religious. I attended a few Church services growing up, but that was it. I do remember being jealous of my Catholic girlfriends,...

Remember the post about feeling like a teenager in love with an emotionally unstable boy? I'd like to think that if our social worker was...

Do you remember when you were a teenager and you had a huge crush on someone who was unattainable (and as you would later find out, not...

Normal is such a powerful word. Entire societies and their norms are built around this word. It permeates even the most insignificant...

I am not sure how it is for other people, but discovering what I would like to be called when I become a parent has not been...

Have you mastered it? Because I certainly haven't! I am much better at it than I used to be. I can now successfully wait 90 seconds for a...

I had the most wonderful experience yesterday. I met up with two wonderful women from prep group, for the first time after those four...

On the 23rd of October, we first knew of you. We heard your name, your age and a little bit of your story. Would we be interested in...

We decided we wanted to try for a baby towards the end of 2014. I had been on the pill for many years, so I knew it could take a while...