One year ago today, M and I set out to San Francisco for what we thought would be a simple vacation to the Bay Area and Napa Valley. Little did we know that this would be the trip that would change the course of our lives together as a family. After struggling with pregnancy for 3 years, we had begun to assume our lives would be us and Greta (our puppy), as adoption wasn’t something that had entered our hearts. That is until we found out that adoption from Japan was available a week prior to our trip. The timing was beautiful as only God can provide. Through our dear friend, Em, we found an adoption agency (the only one in the States) that made adoption in Japan possible. Through the grace of God, the agency happened to be located along the route we were planning on driving. Additionally (as if it couldn’t get more tailored) the offices of ATWA were closed for the holiday season but when we called they said they would be in the office during the exact hours we were traveling through their town. Amazing. Something that once was closed, was now truly open. That trip was truly special as M and I left knowing in our hearts that God had set us on this path and our hearts were so filled with Joy. Pure joy.
Fast forward to today - we are on the waiting list and looking for that special call that will mean we are on our way to Tokyo to meet our child for the first time. Which brings us to this blog. We have met so many wonderful folks through this process via other blogs and felt the need to add to this conversation as well as provide a way to document this journey for our family.
We will be adding to this as we move forward along with the occasional “Retro Entry” which might catalogue something that happened before we started this blog. M and I hope you find encouragement, hope and joy as you follow along.
Merry Christmas.
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