If you are new to our journey, please begin reading the post at the bottom of this page as posts are in reverse chronological order.
El Roi
El Roi For those who have been on the infertility journey, the time after what is known in the infertility world as TTC (trying to conceive) through your TWW (two week wait) can feel like the longest two weeks of your life; it’s crazy how time can fly by and time can...
Transfer Day
God is in the details. There is a song that has brought me much comfort through out many aspects of my life journey. “There's torn up pages in this book,Words that tell me I'm no good, Chapters that defined me for so long,But the hands of grace and endless...
Thanksgiving
The day before Thanksgiving we completed the final legal step through the National Registry for Adoption (NRFA) for adopting our embyros. To say it made this Thanksgiving all the more meaningful is a tremendous understatement! Jeremy and I could not be happier to be...
Goosebumps
Goosebumps Psalms 139:16 says “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” As Christians, how often we hear this verse, “all the days ordained for me…before one of them came to be,” and knowing...
Family
Family is such a loaded word. For some it conjures up feelings of joy, memory making trips, intimate moments of quiet, a sense of belonging, and a current of unconditional love; for others, the mere mention of family brings one to a place of great turmoil, unspoken...
From There to Here
From the moment I became aware of embryo adoption I immersed myself in learning everything I possibly could about this way of growing our family. I began researching embryo adoption organizations, joined embryo adoption and donation Facebook groups, read articles...
Facebook Revelations
I noticed a story came into my Facebook feed published from the Sea Turtle Conservatory, the very organization from which I helped to release Esperanza from the depths of her nest. I don't often click on stories as time is short, and priorities a plenty, but for some...
153 Hatchlings
At a time in my life when I desperately clung to any strand of hope, the number 153 appeared repeatedly in my life. It was nailed to the side of my future mother in laws new home, it appeared as part of the street address on the house to which I hoped to flee; it was...