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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Exciting Upcoming Fundraiser!

Our adoption journey began over six years ago.  We’ve faced our fair share of challenges – failed adoption in Uganda, program shutting down in Ghana, and disrupted out of state foster care adoption.  Right now, we are exactly where we are meant to be.  We are foster parents.
We’ve been foster parents for three and a half years.  Incredibly grateful that we said yes.  We have loved kids and their families beyond what we imagined possible.  The blessings have been abundant.  Each one of us have learned a tremendous amount about ourselves and our faith.  The little girl that has been with our family for 18 months has brought so much joy into our lives.  Our kids are wonderful little humans… most of the time!
May is National Foster Care Month.  It’s a month dedicated to all the children in the foster care system and a time to recognize that we can ALL do something to help.  Our family is excited to announce that we are partnering with Bighorn Design Studio for a fundraiser to benefit the organizations in our community involved with foster care, families, and children.  It will kick off May 1st.  We have huge goals.  Stay tuned for more details!  

Friday, April 5, 2019

It's Been Awhile...

We haven't updated our blog for almost two years.  The time has flown by!  Reading my prior post on the adoption disruption still makes my heart hurt, so that is where I am going to pick back up at.  
After the kids went back to their home state, we grieved big time.  I think I may have cried for three months straight.  We wrote a six page letter to their home state.  Our purpose for this was notify them of all our concerns regarding their system - foster parents that the kids lived with and caseworker in charge of this case.  We also hoped that it would outline the kids needs, so that they could get the help they needed.  
Due to the confidentiality of foster care, we were not able to find out much about how the kids were doing.  We knew that they returned to a foster home together.  We also saw their profiles a few months later online - and realized that the organization was now seeking separate homes for the kids.  That is really it though - we wanted to know more.
Fast forward to just a few months ago.  Adeline and I were flying out of the same airport that we were previously at with the kids on Wednesday, January 2nd.  The last time we were there was with the kids, which was mentioned and instantly a wave of sadness washed over everyone in the car.  We talked about how we still pray for them and we wish we just knew they were okay.  We were already feeling a little anxious as we were headed to Boston for two weeks for Adeline's hip surgery.  
THEN, on Friday, January 5th - I opened my email and there was a message from the family that adopted one of the children.  She found us randomly through our blog.  The state had given them paperwork with Christian and Adeline listed as the previous foster parents, so she searched everywhere for us.  She shared a brief update and pictures.  The kids were adopted separately, but still get to see each other.  We are overjoyed to know that they are both in wonderful families!