Happy National Adoption Day!
Although the intent of National Adoption Month/Day is to bring attention to adopting children from the US foster care system, I am choosing to acknowledge the day for all adoptions. One type is not more special than another.
When I started this adoption journey I thought it would have been through foster care. The more I learned about the process I realized that option wasn’t right for me at this point in my life. Maybe someday.
All adoptions should be celebrated! This is an amazing journey and community. When I started my adoption paperwork I never could have imagined what lay ahead of me. The wait, finding my place in a new world, developing new kinships, and being apart of a grand and divine plan. I have never felt so alive. Albeit, little more inpatient, moody, and cranky. The flip side I am enjoying every moment of this new life. The more intense the light, the stronger the darkside is. This wait is apart of my new life with my daughter. I never want her to think I was bitter or resentful of this amazing process that is brining us together.
Happy, happy day to all adoptive and waiting parents in the world.
Love, peace and hope for a brand new day!