I have been debating whether I wanted to restart blogging in order to document our adoption and family outside of Facebook posts. While I doubt that I will ever become a reliable blogger, I have decided to try again for two reasons: 1) not everything I decide to post do I want to share with everyone on Facebook and 2) not everyone who wants to follow our adoption is connected to me through Facebook.
Additionally, while I like the ability to post short, in the moment thoughts on Facebook, it is definitely easier to save and revisit desired posts on the blog. In fact, I am probably going to go back and copy some of my older posts related to our adoption journey onto this blog and backdate them so it is all in one place.
Here is my big rule, please respect my family's privacy.
1) I have decided that I do not want to publish my children's first names on the internet in the future, so please remember that if/when you make a comment. I will be using the code names of "Little Man" and "Harmony." Possibly first initials.
2) Please do not repost my family photos or a link without asking permission first. I'm still one the fence about whether to set the blog to "private" and require administrator permission to see it. But that would work against the goal of making our story a resource and an encouragement to other families walking through adoption, etc.
3) Every family's journey will be different. I know our story has unfolded in ways and timelines that I never could have imagined a week, a year, a decade ago. But we are continuing to learn to trust in God's bigger picture and also that it's not always about "us." And I believe that both the ups and downs, the bright mornings and the long, dark nights, are shaping me and Mat and our Little Man and daughter-to-be and, hopefully, those around us in a way to be a better version of ourselves than we were before. Refining us.
So here we go, sharing this adventure.
