Posted in adoption, family, tagged adoption, birth mom, family, open adoption, visits on April 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Marcie and Drama Queen
Drama Queen had a visit with her birth mom yesterday and it went really well. We had been unable to arrange a visit for almost a year due to coordinating schedules, etc., but now that Marcie has moved closer to us again it makes things easier for everyone. We met for [...]
Posted in adoption, family, tagged adoption, birth sisters, family visits, sisterly love on April 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Holly, Drama Queen, and Hillary
We were very blessed to be able to get the three girls together for a visit this past Friday, we met at the mall and had lunch and then did some shopping together. It was really incredible to see how much the girls have missed each other, they haven’t been [...]
Posted in adoption, family, tagged birth mom, family, open adoption on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dear M.,
How do we thank you for the gift you have given us, a gift that in the giving of it, broke your heart? There are no words to tell you how grateful we are that you entrusted us with your child, that you loved her enough to let us give her a life you couldn’t. As we [...]
Posted in adoption, family, foster care, tagged adoption, family, foster care on November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was our seventh anniversary with our Drama Queen. Just seven short years ago she came to us through foster care. She was our first foster child, (other than a weekend respite care), and as soon as I saw her I was smitten. This adorable little girl with the dutch boy haircut and her four front teeth [...]
