Joy! Joy! Joy!

The next best thing to learning about our own adoptive future, is experiencing the joy of other adoptive families!  To know that another child has found their forever home and another family feels complete.  A week from Monday, I am privileged to attend my very first airport party for a friend returning home with her daughter.  I cannot wait to see the joy on her face!

I cannot stress how important making connections with other adoptive families is during this journey.  Although we are all on different roads, they all lead to family.  The support we give one another during this amazingly difficult journey is an absolute necessity! 

First Day of School!

This time of year is always filled with a range of emotions for us.  Excitement about the awesome kids we're going to have in our classrooms this year, nervousness about how we'll meet their needs, bummers that we can't sleep in anymore...  This year, however, we are faced with a new emotion.  Tony and I spend our days taking care of other people's children.  Now that we are (hopefully) on the cusp of becoming parents ourselves, it's creeping into our consciousness that others will soon be the teachers and caretakers of our children.  With that in mind, we go into this year with the mindset that the little ones coming into our room are someone else's whole world.  Although we have known this before, our awareness is heightened.  I can't wait to support all the amazing work the parents of my students have already done and become a partner in the success of their children!  :)  Happy school year everyone!