Adoption

Being A Mom

My aunt came over a couple weeks ago to meet the boys and she asked, ‘Do you feel like a mom yet?’ ‘I’m exhausted’, I responded. ‘Yeah, you’re a mom!’, she said with a laugh. Apparently mothers live a life in a state of perpetual exhaustion. In a way I am finding that to beContinue reading “Being A Mom”

Yet, Part II

The first full week of March this year was a big huge whirlwind for myself and my husband. We had been on a waitlist to adopt a baby for over a year and finally ‘got matched’, as they say, at the beginning of March. We adopted not one baby, but two — twin boys, fiveContinue reading “Yet, Part II”

Thoughts on Parenting

Now that the secret is out and that Adam and I are now officially parents of newborn twin boys, how do I feel about parenting? Is it everything I thought it would be? How have the last five weeks been since they were born? Adam and I are still processing everything that has happened inContinue reading “Thoughts on Parenting”

Yet

If you’ve been following me for awhile you know that my husband and I have struggled our entire marriage with infertility. We got married in 2016, both of us in our 30’s and we both wanted to start a family as soon as possible. Despite doing everything we could, or at least within reason (ie,Continue reading “Yet”

Still Good

A minute or two after midnight last night, as Adam and I were awakened by the sounds of fireworks and guns going off, I told Adam, ‘I feel nostalgic for 2023 already’. Because it was true. In the moment, it was a true statement. I wasn’t ready to move from one year to the next,Continue reading “Still Good”

Month in Review: August 2022

A month. A month, in our Western calendar, is between 28 and 31 days. A lot can happen in those few, short days that we call ‘a month’. Some months life goes on and not a lot happens. There is not much to review besides the typical work week and small social gatherings and weeklyContinue reading “Month in Review: August 2022”