So, when blogs first started becoming popular I thought, "I should really get one of those." And so I signed-up...and I basically just stared at the computer screen. On occasion something riveting would come to me, I'd type it out, and then I'd realize it was a famous quote said by, well someone famous. I looked at friends who had interesting things to blog about - like my friend Christy's Boobie Blog, documenting her new set of "twins" and even the Julie/Julia Project that was so interesting it became a hit movie starring the one and only Meryl Streep, and I thought, I just don't have anything that profound to blog about. So I turned in my blog for another time.
While I still don't believe I have any profound words of wisdom to generate a daily buzz, I do have a developing adventure. This blog is being established for family, friends and adoption supporters who would like to take that journey with us. I always knew that someday I wanted to adopt. Perhaps my mom started it all, when growing up she used to tell my brothers and I that she'd like to adopt a baby girl from China.
Recently I reconnected with an amazing lady, Lisa Wurster, who founded a non-profit called Friends of Russian Orphans. After her families own road to adoption, she and her husband saw the need to better the lives of Russian orphans still living in the institutions. Last year FORO began a program called "Journeys of Joy" (please see the first post for the details or go to http://www.fororphans.org/ to see all the programs FORO has started.) This summer my husband Terry and I will serve as a host family to a six-year old Russian child. When we first started talking about adopting it was after the devastating earthquake hit in Haiti. We put our names on lists and e-mail lists, and the unfortunate truth is that no one knows if the adoptions in Haiti will open anytime in the foreseeable future. Realizing the desire to adopt was more than just a reaction to a natural disaster we started looking elsewhere, and because of my encounters with FORO, Russia seemed like the right place. (Please note, we understand that there are children in the United States that need homes and someone to love them. After looking into Domestic adoption through the foster care system, we just knew that it was not the right path for us for a number of reasons.)
While I know in a marriage adoption can't be a one road street my wonderful husband has agreed that adoption is something he would like to do at this time as well. We have our initial application sent in to, Spirit of Faith Adoptions and now we are just waiting to begin our home study. Initially when Terry and I talked about adopting we said we wanted a 3 or 4 year old child, someone younger. But now, as we raise money for the "Journeys of Joy" program and commit ourselves as host parents, we are keeping our minds and our hearts open; knowing that God already has a child in mind for us. For the first time, I'm just going to sit back and not try to control the situation! Other than wanting a 6-year-old (the youngest age that can come over for the program) we don't care if it's a boy or a girl. We know that in a matter of a few months we may know the name and face of the little person that will guide us in our adoption journey.
So, this blog is dedicated to the child that exists 5,000 miles away, in another world, waiting for us to bring him or her home to join ours.
(Please read below "Journeys of Joy")
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