When we were going through our Home Study we initially decided that we would just do our best to keep things quiet. Our friends & family knew that we were starting the adoption process, and inevitably there'd be a frustration that lead to a Facebook post - but knowing The Wait was going to be a bumpy ride with a lot of emotions, we felt like it would be best to just hold back and not say a peep about any of it until we were on a plane headed to meet our sweet baby. It was going to be hard enough for us to deal with the ups & downs, so why put our parents and others through that as well?
As the Home Study process wrapped up I started getting messages and texts (even a phone call from someone I truly hardly know) wanting to know how things were going, and a few other people reached out wanting to know more about the adoption process because they had been considering it for their families. As I wrote them back - especially the ones wanting to know where to start with an adoption - I felt like there was just so much we had learned from our experience so far that I wanted to make sure they knew about, because it wasn't spelled out on any brochure or website or article we had poured over in our research.
So this past weekend, over a beer and cheeseburgers, we outlined our goals for this blog:
- Keep our parents, family, and friends (and those who are just curious) up-to-date on our journey.
- Write honestly and openly about our adoption journey in hopes that our experiences will help other couples who are considering adoption. This will include talking about the financial aspects, "red tape" frustrations, emotional ups & downs, and why we chose the route we did.
- Include links to sites and information we found extremely helpful.
- Write from both of our perspectives. (Mike will post on a weekly basis, Missie at least weekly)
I can't help but feel that writing this blog will be a great form of 'therapy' as well.
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