AIN'T BLOGGING GREAT?

In the adoption world, blogging is a very popular thing. This helps families journal and record their experience and also, it allows for family members, friends and other adopting families to participate in the journey.

A while back, someone surprised us & hurt us deeply by stating: "You guys think you are the only ones who have ever adopted, the way you keep going on and on, talking about it and "bombarding" us with every detail and update!"
This made us second guess our motives and question whether we were being "too much" in our sharing due to our excitment. Then, through networking and blogging with other families who have already adopted, or are in the process of adopting, we realized that we are not "the only ones", who can not contain all the excitment, brought upon by the expectation by faith, in a future where the children we have longed for so many years will FINALLY be in our arms. We feel blessed and honored to have met families who the words: "WONDERFUL & BEAUTIFUL" are just not enough to describe them. Parents, who just like us have hearts that are exploding with so much love to give, to the child/children who they know without a shadow of doubt, will be theirs, no matter how long it will take, where they will come from or who they are!!!

There are no words to describe the gratitude we feel for so many of the awesome families we have met during this process (some we've already had the priviledge to meet in person, others we may still only know through the modern benefits of the technology world). We have already mentioned some of them by name in previous posts and even included some great links (to the ones who have a public site) we do not post any of the info for the ones who have a private site, but y'all know who you are and how much we appreciate you.

This week, we are AGAIN touched sooooooooooooooooooooo deeply by a beautiful family from California, whose amazing journey of faith and love, we have been excitedly following. Here's a link to their public blog, I promisse that you will be touched beyond words (make sure to read this journey from the beginning to really see the heart of this family): http://princessisabella.blogspot.com/

So, to anyone who has ever questioned why some adoptive parents get to go "on and on and on" about their journey, remember: "This is our pregnancy, it is in our minds 24/7, it makes us feel all sorts of things, some days we have great news & updates to share (feeling good), but other days we may have not so pleasant news or developments (have you ever heard of: "morning sickness")? Hey, one thing is for sure, as our hearts keep growing with so much love and excitement, just like a belly, there comes a time when we can no longer hide it or keep it to ourselves "under wraps", we want to shout it from the mountain top and share our experience with the world - Thank God for all the ones who understand and the others who out of love, so graciously "put up" with it all!!! :>)

Love,

Sharon & Michael