One Year In

This weekend was one year since we've started the adoption process.

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Holy moly!

One year ago we felt a bit stunned that our dreams and desires of growing our family through adoption were being realized. The world of adoption seemed so huge, so unfamiliar. The mounds of paperwork showing up in our mailbox each week were downright intimidating, and the things we had yet to learn about social workers and agencies were daunting.

However.

Now we get the privilege of sitting here on the other side of all that unknown. We hear the words, "social worker", "homestudy", "certification", "dossier", "embassy", and we know a little more than we did a year ago.

We've connected with an awesome group of adoptive families in our area who thought nothing of becoming instant friends and an instant support group to us. They welcomed us in, no questions asked.

We've watched as friends and family embark on this great unknown, too. They're reading the books, learning the terms, and asking the questions just so they can know what it is we're doing and how they can be there for us.

I've sat in awe as a good friend is leading her classroom in daily prayer for our future child and for the journey that will lead us to them.

We've stood in utter amazement as we've witnessed our bank account not only handle the frequent payments due, but grow.

As we look back on this past year, we have TONS to be thankful for. And as we embark on a new year, we get the privilege of navigating "the waiting place", as Dr. Seuss would say :)

Here's to another year of faith, awe, and discovery.

One step closer... :)