The word Adoption means different things to different people.
To some it means tragedy. To others it means love. To my mother in law it means becoming part of a family. To my niece it means gaining a father. To us it simply means family.
Shortly after getting married we began talking about starting a family. We knew that we wanted to become parents and adoption was always something we considered. Our plan was to have a biological child first, since at the time I had a dream of experiencing pregnancy. Then we would eventually adopt to expand our family.
It has been several years since we started working on "our plan" for a baby. Many changes have occurred to both the plan, each of us, and our marriage. Our journey to become parents hasn't been an easy one, but we have learned many important lessons along the way. We have never been more committed to each other or our family as we are currently.
