Changes, changes
Changes are happening in the little homestead. Our garden is growing in the backyard, the flower garden in the front yard has given us lots of beautiful surprises in the last couple of months. Last fall, I dug up a bunch of daylilies from my aunt’s front yard and put them in the front yard flower garden. I had no idea what colors I was getting so it’s been really fun to see what I planted. And the other change around our house is our news that we’re starting the adoption process.
I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) last June, which I was able to fully reverse by October by changing my diet drastically. Since then I’ve been receiving acupuncture treatments and making other changes, such as exercising and doing yoga, (losing 30 pounds in 18 months) but I have some physical problems that make getting pregnant more complicated. After some of my last hormone tests coming back all wonky – some hormones look great and others have decided to do their own thing, I felt like it was my body’s way of saying that it’s not the healthy or the right time for me to be pregnant. So we’ve decided that our best option is to adopt. I’ve been feeling really at peace with our decision like I just needed to go on the journey I’ve been on for the last year to come to this realization and which is where I’m been meant to be.
We’re in the very beginning stages of the process. Friday we met with an agency and are interviewing another agency next week. Then we’ll begin filling out the trees worth of paperwork and start the homestudy process. We have no idea how long the process will take before we bring a little one home but we know that it will be the baby meant for us. In my life, I’ve learned that so many things happen for a reason and that we meet the people we meet to teach us what we need to learn at that point in our lives. If there is anything I’ve learned, many times the hard way, the perfect thing comes along at the right time. It’s happened to me before with meeting Bryan and getting into grad school. I’m meditating and praying that this all works out the same way. One thing that the woman at the adoption agency told us is to “tell everyone you know that you’re adopting. You never know who might have a friend of a friend’s neighbor who is pregnant and wanting to place their expectant child for a adoption.” So I’m telling all of you.
