Moved

I found the coolest quote the other day.

"Natural Child: Any child who is not artificial.
Real Parent: Any parent who is not imaginary.
Your Own Child: Any child who is not someone else's child.
Adopted Child: A natural child, with a real
parent, who is all my own.--- Rita Laws, PhD"

I love this and just wanted to share that with everyone!


In exactly three weeks my husband and I go to the free orientation/seminar for the adoption agency we are considering. I am really looking forward to it because hopefully, after returning home from the meeting, we will be able to have some clarity on which direction we should go with who to use.

Once we start the adoption process (whenever that might be), I am thinking about truly making this blog public (as in, putting on a social networking site the link to this). I enjoyed this blog being private last year when I wrote this for myself. I've also enjoyed sharing the link with a few people because I feel that my friends and family are better able to understand me now. When we start the actual process as in signing up with an agency, a consultant, whoever/whatever, then I may post this link on my website.

I just made my status on a social networking site (FB) about how if anyone knows of a girl or young woman who is pregnant but is not ready to raise a child and wants to give her baby to a loving couple, then please tell her about me and my husband. This will probably be the last time I make my status as this but I know that it could only help to get the word out there. Funny enough, a family friend (a.k.a my parents real estate agent who has become their friend over the years before she was even their real estate agent) who is very well-respected in the area she lives in sent me a message right away and asked me if she could re-post as her status so all of her family and friends can see. I was very touched. She told me about a family member of hers who is adopted and how she thinks its the greatest thing. I was very humbled that someone would do this for me (okay, please don't think I'm trying to hint that I want ya'll to do post this for me...because honestly, that would make me feel weird). This family friend has already posted it and just sent me a message saying she posted it and sent it to about 1,100 people! Like I said, she's very well respected!). I'm not good at letting people help me out like that. I feel a little odd yet moved and I wish there was some way I can help her out (hey, if any of you are looking to buy a house in the area and need a real estate agent, let me know! I know a great one!).

Another friend from college just sent me a private message. She is one of 24 adopted children and told me that her mom is obviously very well plugged into some adoption agencies in this state. She is going to talk to her mom and see if she can either get me some names of some agencies or plug me into any.

This is actually kind of emotional for me right now that people I don't really see or talk to are reaching out. Strange things are happening to me today. All day today I kept thinking how I just want to be a mom. I don't care what my child looks like (as in, I really don't care. I don't care if they are the color of our new car or if they are the color of a sunset).

By the way, we traded in Kyle's beloved, beautiful truck for a more family friendly and gas mileage friendly "crossover" vehicle this past weekend.

Okay, my post is getting to be really jumbled as usual.