This LO is touching. Ava is Lucky..My Brother adopted two children..He and his wife wanted children so badly..Two years ago they did get pregnant...So who knows what life has in store..God is Good!
WOW, your heartfelt journaling is fantastic. I feel it is so important to preserve ALL aspects of life for future generations and this LO is quite an inspiration! Thank you for sharing!
OMG! This is absolutely breath-taking, Angela! Your journaling is so personal, heartfelt and touching! What a wonderful mother you are! Ava is indeed blessed to have found you!
BEAUTIFUL!! Your journaling seriously made me cry! We have friends that are going through the adoption process right now and their hearts are just longing so badly for their son...
Amazing page! You manage to capture so beautifully what so many people adopting (and those of us with infertility issues) experience. I'm still teary. Thanks for sharing!
This is a beautiful LO and very touching. We have been trying for over two years ourselves with no luck, it's wonderful to see other options working out. It was meant to be.
What beautiful journaling, and how lucky she is to have you, and you to have her!!! This is just a very heartfelt and honest lo, and thanks so much for sharing with us!!!
Beautiful and oh-so-touching!! The journaling is so wonderful, thank you so much for sharing your story with us. We're all so happy for you that you've got Ava now!
Oh Angela,
I have tears in my eyes. My dh and I struggled with infertility issues for years before finally getting pregnant with my son...I know the pain of waiting for a child you think will never come. So glad that you have your Ava...what a joy in your lives.
BTW - great layout!
This is so wonderful! Your journaling gave me shivers. I know what it is like to want a child so badly and not think you are ever going to get that chance. I'm so glad that you shared this and that Ava found you.
Oh Angela, this is awesome. You are so blessed. Thank you for sharing this. The journaling is just awesome. Ava will love this later on in life. AWESOME job!!!! :)
Thank you for sharing your story - you are very brave! I can't imagine what you must have gone through. So glad that your dream came true. Great layout!
This layout was very dificult for me but I had wanted to do it for a while. Thanks for the push. The journaling is long!
Journaling reads I am not a patient person. When I set a goal for myself I achieve it. I am not good at putting my wants and needs in the hands of others. When we realized the only way we would parent a child together was through adoption, I was excited, hopeful, and optimistic. We did all the mountains of paperwork, evaluations, jumped through all the hoops. We were told to be ready for "the call" at any time. We decorated our nursery. We bought all the pink clothes. We put our lives on hold. A year passed waiting for someone to contact us. I got really down. I closed the door to the nursery. I could not bear to see the room for the child I did not think I would ever have. There were nights I would go to the nursery and just sit and imagine how it would be when I held my daughter in my arms. I cried so many tears. It was so hard to hurt and long for a child when everything was beyond my control. I decided to start living in the moment and be happy for my family. I realized it was out of my hands. I knew there was a plan for us. I let go. We received three calls from potential birthmoms. We finally met Heather after 17 long months. That moment the waiting and sorrow melted away. I felt joy. I knew my daughter had found me.
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