I just posted photos of Maddie and once I viewed my post I began to weep. I started this blog just over a year ago at a time when I had no hope. No hope of adopting. No hope of ever having a baby. Despair was my constant companion. We had been married 11 years and had tried adoption twice, IUI with donor sperm 4 times and nothing was working out for us. I was sure that we would never have children and my heart was breaking. Just how many heartaches can one person stand? Beginning our journey of embryo adoption terrified me!! All I could think of was more money, more time, more disappointment. In my wildest dreams I never imagined that it would really work! Oh, I hoped that it would. I dreamed that it would. But I honestly never thought that this day would come for us.
Now I look at her, the culmination of years of trying and praying for her, and I weep with thanksgiving and joy. I cannot describe just how full my heart is right now. I know that there are many, many of you still waiting. I know the pain that you are feeling, the grief. Please do not give up hope! It may be months, it may be years, but I pray that each and every one of you receive the desires of your heart.
What an inspirational post! Thanks so much!!!
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Thanks Jess. That is about how I'm feeling right now. Two failed adoptions, two failed IVF's, and no hope of ever getting pregnant on our own. Also married 8+ years. Just tired but your story gives me such hope. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYou give us hope! Stephanie www.donstephadopt.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this. It's such a good reminder for those of us still waiting and trying hard not to despair.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that just one year made such a huge difference in your life, that you were finally able to achieve your dream of motherhood, despite everything you had already been through. I am so glad that Maddie is in your life, and that you are in hers.
ReplyDeleteAh, it's good to see someone on the other side of this, and I am truly happy for you.
ReplyDeleteI was tearing up with the photos..Thinking what an incredible miracle has occured. You look so radiant and beautiful...Ok, Maddie is too cute for words! Then I read your post and am in tears! I feel so blessed to have been able to follow you thru most of this and beyond! All of our adopted babies are my life....But what a gift to have been able to carry, from the beginning, such miracles! I also never thought such an option like EA existed or could happen for us. Ok, now I'm crying! God's richest blessings on your beautiful family!
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