In the beginning

In order to get you up to date, I thought I would go back to December of 2005. My big “project” for 2006 was to pursue adoption. I have ALWAYS wanted children and I certainly never thought I would be 30 something without children. But in 1997 God placed it on my heart to adopt. Of course at that time, I was not at a point to pursue that. Over the years, I have been exposed to adoption through previous jobs and friends who have adopted. Of course, I had this list of things that I thought I needed to have in place before I adopted but God showed me that He has a plan and I believe this plan included me starting the adoption process in 2006. It was kind of scary to start the process as I had NO idea how I was going to afford the adoption fees or how I will manage a child and my very busy full time job. But I had to trust God that all these little nudges He gave me pointed me in that direction. I researched agencies and decided on International adoption through Guatemala.

Many people have asked “Why don’t you just get married and have children?” Well, so far God has not shown me who my husband is to be. I would love to be married and would love to have a biological child (or 2) but at this time, that is not an option. Another common question is “Why don’t you just get pregnant or do Invitro?” I feel that there are SO many children already in this world that do not have a mom and I want to be a mommy for one of them. Finally, another question I get is “Are you sure you want to adopt a child outside of your race?” I am not opposed to adopting a child of my race or any other race. I truly believe that love knows no color. So many children are born and left to survive on there own and unfortunately, many of them are minorities. If God gave me a heart to love someone no matter what their race and He leads me to a child of a different race, than that is the child I am to be a mommy to. My goal is to follow God’s plan for my life and love whomever is brought into my life.