Link to a great post: Affirmation & Adoption

So, I want to link to a post that I read last night. It was written by a local friend that is also adopting from Ethiopia. When I finished reading her post I started telling Brian about it. She came up with a list of suggestions for how to better support and understand families that are adopting. I completely agree with it because I have felt the same way several times. Many people are not used to talking about adoption so they don't know how it affects our hearts. They might not know that we think about our little girl somewhere in Ethiopia all the time just like I thought about Isabel when I was pregnant with her. We wonder what she'll look like, act like, etc. I know that it is not visible and you can't tell that we are expecting another child. You can't see that next year we will be a family of 4 and not just 3. We will have two daughters. Isabel will be a big sister. Even though you can't see it all happening, we still would love for you to celebrate it with us! We are so thankful for everyone that is cheering us on!

So, here is her post: http://dean-machine.blogspot.com/2010/07/affirmation-and-adoption.html



Much love,