*WE KNOW IT’S LONG…BUT PLEASE READ*

We have been on the journey of adoption since August 2015. We finished all of our home study paper work by the end of November 2015 (we were on it). Infant domestic adoption. Our small private agency. Simple, right?

2015 to 2016. Thirty hours of paper work, eighteen hours of education, eight to twelve page autobiographies, profiles to show who we will be as parents. I thought that was the complicated part. Identifying who we were on paper. Turns out that’s the easy part. The hours of paper work, interviews, education was easy. Why? Because we knew we couldn’t wait to parent through adoption. We were hungry and ready for it.

Flash forward a full year and now we are open to a variety of ages, adoption through foster care, and so much more. Nothing has been simple, and we are sitting in a place of uncertainty of where we go next. I’ve never been more uncertain of what God’s plan is for us (we know He has one). Our only certainty is adoption. Hear that? Adoption. We are not getting pregnant and nor do we plan to (that’s not our problem anyways). What we do need is support.

Support. It’s sounds so simple, right? Stepping into your shoes, it’s anything but simple. You’re not sure what to ask or if you should ask. You want to offer hope and encouragement, but you don’t want to say the wrong thing. Today I had a friend, Maggie, say, “I keep praying that something goes your way for once.” She said this but has no clue just how much it means. She said just the right thing. I know we could have it worse. I get that we need to remain hopeful and have faith. We are stuck in a weird place of needing validation for our rough road but still needing a light to show us the hope for our future.

So, all too familiar in the times we are in right now. Our call to action, as we our in a tough spot–we need cries of support, prayers, and people to validate the tough spot we are in. Which leads us into starting a dialogue through adoption—opening up the discussion. Please don’t be afraid to offend; we will take the love and support that we can get.   It’s seems simple for us, but I’m certain it is much more simplex for all of you. More to come on that later. Please don’t worry about how you will sound leaving comments—we won’t pass judgment. Feel free to follow our blog to get email updates. It’s a start of the process.

~Chelsea

Although things may seem dark on the forefront, there is still light in the background.