I’ve been messaged about Zorey, and asked about how we came to find this little one. The story actually starts two years ago. It starts when we picked up Israel in an orphanage in Eastern Europe and I met another family adopting from the same orphanage. This mother brought home a little boy, but she also brought home a horrifying… Read More
You sit across from me with a nervous smile. “We are thinking about foster care or adoption, what do you think?” You will be changed. You will lose control. You are going to stumble more times than you soar, and the bruises from the falls will not go away. It’s going to hurt you, break you and press you to… Read More
On the first day of school, I introduced Joel’s third grade class to Blackbeard the Bearded Dragon. BlackBeard has limb difference because he was bullied and attacked by other lizards. They hurt him and he lost a foot and several claws. To save his life, BlackBeard was placed in an ‘orphanage for lizards’ that houses reptiles that can no longer… Read More
I never wanted children, in fact, I wasn’t going to ever get married. I wanted a career and I wanted financial success. So when I’m asked if I wanted a big family, I laugh because it’s so far from what I thought my life would look like. When someone asks if I always knew I’d adopt, I smile because “heck… Read More
I flew back from Bulgaria late Saturday night., I was in the hospital Sunday morning. Israel woke up with a leg swollen triple the size of normal with ‘concerning’ redness. Mentally and physically, I was exhausted and emotionally spent. Much of Sunday was a blur. At one point during his stay, I was helping distract and hold him down as they… Read More
Before we decided to do foster care or adoption, I read stuff. I researched and tried to find answers to questions I had because I truly wanted to understand adoption, foster care and the process. Part of my search for answers, was trying to find security in choosing to foster and adopt. I read lots of statistics and information, but… Read More