10/05/2022
Words cannot express the feeling we have as a family to have been "chosen" for this little, big-hearted, sassy, fearless, amazing blue-eyed angel from above. Happy Gotcha Day, my love!! 10.5.2022.
You were born 10.3.2020...you were placed with us 10.7.2020 after being in the nicu for 4 days...you were adopted 10.5.2022. Two years in the making and we can finally say you are ours to keep forever♡♡
We named you Lola for the strength and warrior you are and continue to be. Grace as your middle name-because by the grace of God you were chosen for our family. We ♡ You, Lola Grace.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our family and continues to do so. Thank you for praying over us, with us, who got on their knees alongside of us during this beautiful and crazy journey. We love each and everyone of you and so blessed and honored to have you in our lives.
Foster care is not for the faint of heart, it can be an overwhelming, ruthless, heart-wrenching act of inner parenting that some days would bring you to your knees, while tears come flowing down your cheeks. Providing for children who have been born into trauma, addicted to, taken away from, who come from multiple homes, countless nights of not sleeping, worrying non-stop, anxiety high, while trying to do your best to support them in fighting their inner demons and/or nightmares, helping them detox from being born with drugs in their system. The lists, the visits, therapies, and diagnoses can feel like never ending.. (not complaining by any means) being 100% transparent to help those who want to foster that it's okay to deal with the hard.
Fostering is what It's beautifully and wonderfully written by "his" plan, not ours...
Since 2019 we opened our home to expand our family into the foster care system. Some were thrilled, some judged, others didn't know what to think or say..and some we thought were the closest to us..didn't support our dream as much as we thought they would. While others supported us whole-heartedly and cared for our children as if they were their own. This is fostering...and we are better parents for it. It's given me strength to embrace what's really important i