Welcome to our adoption blog! We are happy to finally be up and running. :-) This blog has many purposes. It’s part journal, part informational, part sounding board and part fundraising tool. I’ve been blogging since 2006 and have always found it was one of the best ways to deal with whatever challenges were currently happening in my life. It’s also a wonderful way to include friends and family on the amazing journey we are about to embark. As well, we hope this website and blog will help others on their path to adoption. When we first decided to explore adoption, we were overwhelmed and lost. My solace came in the form of bloggers going through the same process. My hope is that one day we can be someone else’s guiding light to parenthood. Finally, this website will act as a fundraising tool. One of my biggest emotional hurdles in choosing to adopt internationally was not having a child with special needs, nor was it dealing with racism, the mountains of paperwork or the bureaucratic hoops we will have to jump through. My biggest fear was accumulating debt. It’s irrational, I know, but I needed to find a way to feel in control of the financial issues that surround international adoption. That’s when our Etsy Shop was created (as well as some serious cut backs in our family budget). So that’s my way of facing my fear and jumping in head first. We hope you will join us on our journey... so buckle up, cause you might be in for a bumpy ride! :-)
-Danielle
-Danielle