Paths

Today we received our last major piece of paper work before we send our Dossier (collection of documents) to Ethiopia.  (It's called a I-171H.)  I was pretty excited to see the return address of Department of Homeland Security on the envelope!

Since things keep moving ahead with our adoption, I've decided to come clean.  I've been keeping an adoption journey blog.  I am the only one who's ever read it, but I've found wonderful resources and even friends in other people's adoption blogs, so I've finally decided to make Paths public.

It's been (and will continue to be), a place for me to get down some of my feelings about the process we're working through.  It's a place to keep track of all the steps we've gone through, and a place for me to wrestle with issues that have come up from time to time, and a place for me to have YAHOO!! moments.  I have stories and emotions for each time I was pregnant.  Each positive pregnancy test, each time I felt a small kick for the first time.  Hearing that brand new heart beat.  Adopting is different, of course.  There isn't a small person growing inside of me, but there is a small person on my mind and in my heart all of the time.  This blog has been my way of remembering the small moments that make this process special and memorable to me.