is this thing on?

If you follow me on social media, you saw that I recently met up with my 2 best friends from high school in NYC for a 20+ year friend-iversary rendezvous. It was the perfect trip in so many ways. We had a great time reconnecting and reminiscing. I walked away from that trip super sad it was over and super grateful for such great, long-lasting friendships and the fact that we all found great husbands. If you haven't seen your long-time besties in a while, plan a trip with them for a long weekend! I highly recommend it. That trip really made me nostalgic so I came home and started reading my journals. I was blessed with a mentor in high school who really encouraged me to journal through all my teenage angst and I have always felt that was so crucial for me to work through all those awkward years. And now I have volumes upon volumes of journals walking me through the majority of my life. What's great about having those journals is that I continue to learn from them, even 20 y...

The other day my husband asked me if he could write something for my blog. Of course I said yes! He is an excellent writer and doesn't do it enough (if you ask me), so I'm excited to share some of his writing with you today. It probably won't surprise you that the topic is adoption. As we continue down this journey we find ourselves doing a lot of processing and learning; we're excited about what we're learning and we like to share it with others as much as we can. The topic he wanted to write on today is the birth mother in the adoption triad (triad: Birth Mother/Parents, Adoptive Parents, Child). Birth mothers/parents have been on our minds a lot these days as 2 weeks ago we received our first profile notification of an expectant mother who was considering adoption. We said that we definitely wanted our profile thrown into the mix of couples from which she could choose, and while we've waited to hear if she would like to get to know us better we've been ...