Here we go again...and again.

Draft from May, 2018
We got selected for Baby number two!!

A boy, 6ish months old...

Baby C.

How exciting!! 

Oh. 

My. 

Goodness. 

What are we going to do with two babies?! Sophia is sooo excited about “brudder.” She does not have a clue what’s about to hit her. And, neither do we!!! 

All our plans are either getting adjusted or thrown out the window. 

Update from July, 2019
Destiny, Purpose and Calling.
As we quickly approach our adoption date for baby C, I can't help but feel that a chapter in our book is ending. This is incredibly satisfying and exciting. We are ready for chapter two! Chapter one was all about becoming parents. We parented 3 children and are having the wonderful blessing of raising two of them as part of our forever family. Our hearts expanded, broke and continue overflowing with the incredible privilege we have been given. Tonight we were watching our babies play a last minute bed-time game. Jonathan looked at me and said, "they are so beautiful. "
Exactly my thoughts.
We are so BLESSED.

So, chapter two... What will that be about? Well, I don't know much right now, but I do know one thing. I cannot "unknow" the things I now know.

• Never again will I take lightly the responsibility I have as a person working with children. Each time I encounter a "difficult child" as an educator I now wonder about attachment. Did that child have the opportunity to properly attach and bond with a loving family, or are there gaping holes that are causing the behavior I see? I respond differently to the child as I seek to provide stability and love for life rather than just solve the immediate problems. 
• Unlike the many voices I have heard, I now know that I can survive loving AND losing, and LOVING again. 
• I also know that the need is so much greater than I had realized. Thousands of children in our area need a place to just belong. 
• I am shocked at the number of people who have told me they are considering or have considered, or have always wished they could foster or adopt. 

Chapter two... MUST be about finding more homes and equipping those families to provide a place for the children to belong. Let the children come.