Our blog has been silent for a long time. There are many reasons for that.... but the biggest might be that we have been raising a tiny human for the past 13 months. My last post was just after we had our failed adoption with Jack. To make a LONG story short. Four months later we became parents to an amazing little guy named Ben. We got swept up in newborn things - eat, sleep, poop - repeat! Ok so Ben didn't do much of the sleep thing.....
But my heart and head have been working and growing for the past year. I have learned so much and for a long time I thought no one would care to hear about it. But two things happened. First, someone shared with me that their church had an Orphan Sunday. This person had never heard some of the facts about orphans overseas and here at home. This person asked me, "What is foster care and what is a foster home"? I about fell out of my chair. After I recovered from my shock I realized if this person didn't "get it" then there are lots of people who don't! Secondly, I ran into a friend the other day. This is not someone I see often, if fact it has been 3 maybe 4 years, but I keep up with her online. She encouraged me to blog again. She helped me see that I have a voice and I have a story. After our failed adoption one of the hardest things was no one we knew had experienced this. I finally found a blog where a mom shared her thoughts and feeling about their failed adoption. I finally had a connection!
So, here I go. I am jumping back into this crazy world. I am not that great at punctuation and spelling and I know that I have run on sentences and I end with prepositions. But, can we just overlook all that and maybe we can all learn something, grow a little and love a little deeper.
