A Journey for Love

You know those moments in your life when time sort of stands still? Like a good photo that focuses on one thing and everything else is blurred? There are a few moments in mine that have this description: Bodie getting down on one knee... Taking my dad's arm right before walking down the aisle to be married... The birth of both our girls... A few specific moments spent in the presence of Jesus... And a few sudden tragedies that took my breathe away... There isn't much else that fits in this category, or at least there wasn't until June 1, 2017. The phone rings. Caller ID reads America World (our agency) and literally everything else goes blurry. I knew that it could be any day and had already been driving myself crazy with the waiting even though it had only been a week! I was actually on the phone when I got the call and I couldn't even find the words to say so I actually hung up on the person without saying a word so I could switch lines (I later called a...

To be at this point already is completely surreal. As you know, we started this adoption journey in 2012. 2012! So, to be honest, you almost give up on the dream after that many years. The thought of there being a child on the other end of this hope becomes nothing more than a fantasy, a passing thought when you see a child in Target, or a longing that comes in the quiet of night right before you go to sleep. But it's certainly not a daily reality. It can't be. It's too hard. We got the email on May 26th... "Your family's CARINGS registration has been received and is under review!" CARINGS is the adoption "list" for India. Once you are registered on this list and approved you can be matched with a child. Gulp. But our email stated that it could take up to 6 to 8 weeks to be approved, so we settled in to wait for a bit. You would think after all these years that the waiting would be easier, but its so much harder right now. We feel so close and ...