“‘I could never do what you do.’ That’s a phrase I’ve heard countless times, but I honestly wouldn’t change a thing.”
- Love What Matters
- Family
- Adoption/Foster Care
“‘I could never do what you do.’ That’s a phrase I’ve heard countless times, but I honestly wouldn’t change a thing.”
“I immediately started to ugly cry and told the principal, ‘You just don’t understand! You just don’t know what we’ve been through to get to this place!’”
“We started visiting Jeremy’s siblings. One visit changed my life forever. I felt a little tug on my shirt. His brother said, ‘Are you Jeremy’s mom?’ I said, ‘Yeah buddy, I am.’ Then came his crushing response: ‘Will you be my mom too?’ In less than a week, I was officially a single mom of three boys.”
“I couldn’t stop crying. All these thoughts and questions rushed into my head.”
“I could never have imagined our lives like this when I was little.”
“I vividly remember the crazy looks I got walking down the street with my huge pregnant belly and a newborn baby draped across my chest. I would probably stare too.”
“He has brought so much joy and happiness to our family, and he brought two people together that otherwise may have never met.”
“How do I tell my three boys, whom have formed an incredible bond with her, that their baby sister is leaving?”
“I was looking through old family photos when my wife comes in and says, ‘I need you to read this, and pull up a chair.'”
“This day, this adoption day, is one of the happiest days of my life.”