We are adopting!
This announcement is long and coming for our family! For many years, we have talked about "someday" adding to our family through adoption, and the exciting thing, is that the time is now! We are adopting a little boy or little girl from South Korea, and we could not be more excited!! (Read on for details!) Though we have talked about this for years, it is only in the last 9 months that we have been actively walking down this path, searching for the direction we were meant to go. First, we explored fostering or adopting through the foster care system. We were starting from a stance of whole heatedly supporting reconciliation, and if it were ever possible, we would adopt. We took classes, and prepared our home for welcoming one or many children into our home, one at a time. And then I got a new job, with much different (and later) working hours. The case worker that was working with us was very clear with us that we need...