Yoga is something I really enjoy.  I don’t do it near the amount I should, but it leaves me feeling grounded, strong, balanced, and clear-minded, and let’s face it…I need all of those things in my life right now. 

Right now I’m sitting next to a box that may very well lead me to my future.  No, I really mean it.  I’m sitting at my counter with this box to my left…music blaring and typing away.  Eli and I are willingly, joyfully (okay, not all the time), and open-mindedly (is that even a word?) fighting for our futures. 

Warrior II is a yoga pose and every time I do it leaves me feeling empowered.  It is a pose that requires strength, balance, grounding.  I know some of our recent posts have probably left some of you feeling very confused, but let me reassure you the small moments of defeat, glimpses of doubt, a rocky path aren’t stopping us.  Trust me, we’ve thought of every scenario, researched, read, discussed more than you can imagine.  We eat, sleep, and breathe adoption.  Why? Because if we want to fight for our future that may eventually greatly impact other human beings, we damn well better be eating, sleeping, and breathing adoption (along with trauma, attachment, connection, race among so many other things).   

So where are we right now? Well, quite literally sitting next to a box that may lead us to our future.  We are sometimes grounding ourselves, leaning on each other, at other times putting one foot in front of the other, and are taking it one day at a time but with our gaze still on the horizon.  Because this future is worth fighting for.  There is a lot that is simplex about standing like a warrior even if you don’t always feel like one.    

~Chelsea