My motherhood journey - not what I expected!

Hello everyone, I hope this post finds you healthy and blessed. When we first moved to the USA, I started to dabble into the world of blogging. I always enjoyed reading and writing, and I thought blogging would be a great way to combine my two passions. I also thought it would be a great way to connect with others while being able to maintain a family life. I started with Blogger from Gmail because I wanted to dip my toe into the "blog world". I attempted several platforms - avid book reader, traveler, corporate life to housewife...  but it all failed. Within a few weeks, I found myself unmotivated and not able to post regularly. Eventually, I stopped...until about a couple of years ago.  Life threw me a huge curve ball when infertility became part of our marriage. It all started with a miscarriage and then, my whole life changed. I was a woman who felt like a broken vase. I had shattered into a million pieces and no amount of glue could put me back together. Throughout my jo...

Hello everyone, I hope this post finds you healthy and blessed. Last post ended with our daughter being born... Now, let's go back to that day, how we managed to get through it and wait two full days before the birthmom consented to the adoption. The day our daughter was born was exciting and scary at the same time. My husband and I decided to fill our day with errands. Anything to just keep us busy. Yet, no matter how hard we kept busy, it was hard not to think about it. We both kept checking our phones constantly. Later in the day, we visited friends who graciously gave us some baby items. As I was catching up with our friend, my husband received a call and left the room. He came back quickly and said:"We have to go." ... and so, we left. In the car, he let me know that our daughter was born, that she was okay and healthy and now, we had to wait... We had to wait two full days to know if she would be ours. We had already waited so long to be parents, another two days wo...

Hello everyone, I hope this post finds you healthy and blessed. Everyone has a story - dating story, engagement story, wedding story, loss, adoption and any story related to an important life event. For this reason, I have decided to start a six-part series on our adoption journey. The posts will recount the events that took place before and after bringing our children home. As a disclaimer, this is our story and it may look very different from yours or the story you have heard from a friend. So, let's begin! In 2017, we received our Green Card. For those of you who are not familiar with this, it is essentially a government issued document that provides you with permanent resident status in a country. As Canadians living in the United States, this Green Card - who is actually green - you need this to work in the country. In our case, we also needed it to allow us to proceed with an adoption. I will never forget the day it arrived in our mail box. I, literally, ran back to our home ...