I can’t believe it’s already May. Pretend it's still January and I'm on top of things. 😬 Every January I do a reflection post on the previous year, but this time around I just couldn’t fathom wrapping 2022 up in a succinct little package of ‘here is what I learned and how I grew’. Instead, I felt more inclined to map out the timeline of our second adoption and how I learned and grew throughout that process. So, this is the story about our big life event that occurred early spring 2022, when we met Bennet. It’s going to be long because I want to preserve the details for myself, before my mom-brain confiscates them and hides them in some back-brain drawer that I’ll never find again, the same place it stored my ability to remember what I did or said 14 minutes ago. Here’s the TLDR (“Too Long Didn’t Read”) synopsis for those who don’t care about details: after 1 year and 3 months of process, we were chosen to parent a second child in March 2022… and then things went sideways for a
March 24, 2011: I have 'body magnets' that my mom gave me many years ago on my bookshelf at work. I had Edward sporting the lifeguard look and the next morning I came in and found this. I calmly switched it to another manly body and the next morning it was switched again. I did some detective work and couldn't see how it could be any of my co-workers so I concluded it has to be the cleaning crew. That is very entertaining to me. This war has gone on for a couple weeks and then it stopped after Tuesday of this week. I'm kind of sad and hoping the person is just out sick or on vacation.
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