Kick-Off National Adoption Month

We love adoption. Always have, always will. Even before it became such a personal nature to our little family, we have always found it to be a blessing. This may be an unusual way to celebrate the National Adoption, but I want to pay tribute to the Moms, birth-mothers and all mother's alike. I know that I am not a perfect Mom. I hope someday I will be there, but I am so far from perfect. But something I find that is perfect is the love I have for and each and every one of my three children. Collin is just as much a part of me as Lilly and Ryker are. This video is just a reflection of the love I have for my children, for what they have given me, which is the very best present of all: they made me a Mom. A baby changes everything. I know that there are many hearts breaking, especially this time of year, because the desire to be a parent is so strong. Last year this time, I heard this song for the very first time. We had just celebrated Ryker's first birthday and Lilly's second, without them. It was a hard time, and I remember I was driving home from class, thinking about how hard it was going to be to celebrate the holidays again without our children. I than heard this song. I know the struggle of infertility, I know the struggle of saying goodbye to your children all too soon. I know the feelings of having an infant placed in your arms that may not be biologically yours, but yet feels like he has always been a part of you. So to each and every woman out there, Moms, or those wishing and praying to be Moms, this is for you. It warms the heart.

This little princess made me a Mom.

Our little family.

Seeing Ryker for the very first time.

I could not love him more.

Holding Ryker for the last time.

Holding Collin for the first time.

Holding our little guy on Easter.

My Sunshine.