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  1. In Memoriam

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    Joel and I are completely numb and shocked with Priscilla's passing today. She was truly a beautiful person and we are very fortunate to have called her our friend. They have been dear friends to us as we've endured the many up and downs of this adoption road. I put my son to bed tonight looking at the origame mobile that Priscilla hand made for him and remembering their visits to see us in San Antonio and also in Houston as we awaited Compact approval. It tears me up inside that their life's journey has ended so tragically for them.

    Our constant thoughts and prayers have been with them and we pray for continued strength for Glenn to now endure a reality that many of us can only find unimaginable.

    Hope

  3. Baby Announcements 2008

    in New Arrivals

    Posted

    I just love the way your daughter has her arm around J, so sweet...

    Sandi

    Me too! It is wonderful to see a great relationship building as well between our girls and "J" and BirthGrandma. Olivia is going to be quite upset when they return to CO on Thursday. She just wants to see them all of the time.

  4. Baby Announcements 2008

    in New Arrivals

    Posted

    I love all of the 'Hope' references y'all!!! Thank you so so much for all of your warm congrats...you all are just too much and your support has meant so much to me/us on our journey to becoming parents of little Eli and growing our family by more than just 1 little person!

    I posted our story on the Shooters thread if any of you are interested. Be forewarned, it turned into a long one! ;)

    Blessings,

    Hope

  9. Open Adoption

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted

    Michelle - I think your response is awesome.....I am going to keep that in mind to respond back to people with....I also have gotten the question ....isn't that so much harder on the child, won't they get confused?? I have done my best to educate those who do say things like this in an attempt for them to understand ("get it")....that it is harder for a child to not have any answers to basic questions.....and that it isn't confusing, when that is what they know their life story to be from the day we became a family .....I also remind myself that those with no awareness or real life experience, need guidance to "get it" - to gain perspective.

    Patti

    Paul and I frequently talk to people who are struggling with infertility and are contemplating adoption. This weekend, we met a wonderful young lady and she asked me, "Is open adoption really that popular? Aren't you afraid of what could happen?" My response was, "Yes, we were afraid of what could happen and that is why we chose open adoption. We were afraid our children were going to ask, "Where did I get my eyes from? What did my birthmother like to do? Why did she/they make the choice they did?" And I knew that if I chose closed adoption, I could never answer those questions."

    Well said girls! I realize people are afraid for us more than anything else. Our loved ones have struggled with/for us for many years during our family building. I guess we just feel that it has become our duty to raise awareness about the many benefits of open adoption. We so want our children to know ALL of the people who love them dearly and to have every single one of their questions be answered as they grow. As our families and friends see that we are very comfortable with open adoption, they have come a long way in their thinking as well.

  13. Nursery Notes

    in Looking to Adopt

    Posted

    I'm fairly certain it does belong here. ;) Although the destination seems to have changed over the weekend with Pamela's travels (see Road Warriors report).

    Of course, we wished it were us but this little angel is meant for another special family!

    Hope

  23. Growing Spiritual Children

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

    Posted

    I'm trying real hard to decide between places right now. I have been attending a couple of churches, but don't want to rush joining because of the discount perk. Marc and I have struggled with this for a while, mainly becasue we are out of town so much on the weekends. We also come from different faith backgrounds aand are trying to compromise and find something that works for both of us. I am so glad for the pressure of making a decision, but I don't want to make the wrong one and regret it.

    Oh the joy of future parenthood!

    D

    My husband and I were also of different faiths. It was time for us to finally choose when our girls were 2 and 3 yrs old. We definitely looked at how strong the children's programs were in our choices. We have been so blessed to have found one that has our girls so enthusiastic about Christian learning. Our church also has an awesome children's choir and they just love to sing about Jesus!

    Hope

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