Over the years - and especially in light of recent events - I have received lots of messages and questions about what books and resources Brian and I recommend in the adoption world. At the same time - and also especially in light of recent...
Note: This post is part of our full Korea Adoption: Guide to Seoul. It is customary to give gifts to the important people in your adoption process, and for us, it was also a tangible way to show the family who loved our son for the first...
We're jumping right back into the blog to cover our custody trip! We'll start with our day-by-day, and then - because I probably get more questions about travel to Korea than just about anything else - I'll share our full Korea Travel Guide! I updated our...
We received a second report about Gideon’s delays this week, so we had a call with our American agency yesterday to talk it over. Once again, we sifted through a bunch of possible (read: “maybe we can check for…”) medical diagnoses. And once again, we...
This is day 4 of 21 in the 200 Stars for Gideon series. If you want to be part of Gideon’s story, click HERE. Monday, May 1. I made myself a cup of coffee and tried not to think about how many nights I hadn’t slept so...
This is day 3 of 21 in the 200 Stars for Gideon series. If you want to be part of Gideon’s story, click HERE. Thursday, April 27. Rebecca said she had never had someone call her back so quickly. Stephanie had asked me to call Rebecca at...
This is day 2 of 21 in the 200 Stars for Gideon series. If you want to be part of Gideon’s story, click HERE. Wednesday, April 26. 12:44 p.m. I saw our son for the first time. Actually, that’s not entirely true, because I didn’t really see...
This is day 1 of 21 in the 200 Stars for Gideon series. If you want to be part of Gideon's story, click HERE. Ahhh, you guys, we have a son!!! And we just want to scream it from the rooftops, especially after keeping our little...
Tonight we begin an intermittent series we are affectionately calling Questions from Strangers. This is where we’ll compile all of the very personal, sometimes less-than-tactful questions we’ve received from people who don’t even know our names. We fully expect to lighten the mood by poking a...
December 1, 2010. I still vividly remember the night I fell in love. Actually, it wasn't so much of a fall as a drift. I drifted into love. We were in the parking lot of Fletcher-Early, and it was snowing softly, like magic. Shivering and laughing...