A year ago this month, we officially announced we had completed the paper work and other requirements for filing for adoption. It has been an interesting year with its up’s and down’s in the process. We have had many wonderful friends who have had children born into their families. They are moments of mixed emotion for us. We are so excited and happy for our friends and we love to spend time with their newest babies, but it provides us with a fresh reminder of what we don’t have in our life right now. Don’t get us wrong, we have been blessed so much in our lives that we have no room for complaint. We should be nothing but grateful for the life we have, but we still have our moments of weaknesses. Our year has been peppered with times of excitement from being contacted by birth mothers, and unfortunately, none of those contacts have lead to anything permanent. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the birth mothers who are facing hard decisions and hard experiences in life at this time and we hope you are guided in your decisions.
Thank you to all who have continued to support us through this time. We appeciate the effort so many have put in to help us be proactive in this adventure. Love you all.
Matthew and Traci