From Statistics…To Flesh and Blood

So Sara and I are reading this book…

… and my heart is on fire! (Click on the link above to read more about it…we recommend you grabbing it!)
It’s a funny thing when these mind-numbing statistics we’ve all read about concerning orphans and the AIDS crisis coalesce into a simple reality of real lives, and the [...]

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My “paper pregnancy”

 
This is what those in the adoption world call the bureaucratic process of becoming a parent on paper. I saw a cute, plump, rosy-cheeked woman with her belly all but bursting out of her clearly-maternity pea coat while I was walking through Barracks road shopping center today. She was looking wistfully up and away. Preoccupied. [...]

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I say potāto you say potăto

Sadly, this blog that I created to be a personal log of our adoption journey — intended for only ourselves and an imaginary audience has been sabotaged by Nate.  The argument we’re having is whether or not this will be open for others to read and, as evidenced by his last post, he’s NOT playing [...]

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Normal Married Life…

In case anybody outside of our close circle of friends ever somehow finds their way to this blog, here’s a snapshot of our relationship. I love my wife.

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It’s On.

So here we go.
It still doesn’t quite feel real, that we’re about to do this.
All my life, I’ve longed to be a Daddy, and now … well, I will be within the year (in a fashion).
This evening we’re mailing the paperwork to Carolina Hope Adoption Agency and officially beginning the “paper pregnancy”.
We’re not really pregnant, [...]

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Virginia or Missouri?

I think we’re fairly certain we’re going to move forward with Carolina Hope. I have a good sense about them and after doing more research than I’d like to admit, I think they’re going to suit our needs best.
The next question: do we start our paperwork here in Virginia and, when our house sells, transfer [...]

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The Power of “Should”

I can’t explain this growing desire in me to play some sort of role in helping the lives of these orphans in Africa. It’s rare that I’m awake much beyond when my head hits the pillow, but lately I’ve been late to fall asleep and early to rise rolling over in my mind this AIDS [...]

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Helplessness

This whole waiting game that seems to be crowding in around us … makes me feel so helpless at times. It’s like there are days where I get compulsive about sweeping the dust from the corners of my kitchen, under the cabinets, and running a wet paper towel in between the grate underneath my refrigerator, [...]

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Timing?

I love my outlook calendar. I know I’m late to this party, but I’ve only recently discovered how it can manage my daily outside-of-work life. I love it so much so that sometimes I put a task in there that I’ve almost or just completed, simply to click “complete.” When it comes to this adoption [...]

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To The Hungry Soul, Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet

There’s something safe about having a blog that you know no one is going to read for at least a while (or maybe never). Maybe it’s more like a journal. Regardless, this process seems monumental enough in our lives that I want it recorded.
Riding the range of my emotions with [...]

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