Tag: Adoption
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Glimmers
The first time Kyeler met his biological sister, he was 18 months old and she was 3 1/2 years. We met her and her adoptive mom at a Chick-fil-A where the kids rumbled around the play place and the adults chatted, iced coffees in hand. It went surprisingly well, and the visit ended with Kyeler…
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March 5, 2020
Three years ago today, I got a call at work that changed my life forever. I stepped out into the hallway, next to a big sunny window that overlooked the parking lot, and returned our social worker’s call. A baby boy in the NICU. Born at 26 weeks. Drug exposure. On a ventilator. One week…
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Yes
What if they had said yes? I’ve wondered this hundreds of times since Kyeler came into our family. We were not the first family the social worker called about being his foster parents. Before us, she asked the family that was fostering (and has since adopted) his full sister and two half siblings. What if…
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Dear Kyeler
Dear Kyeler, Today, you turn two. I remember so clearly the day I met you in the NICU. You were just seven days old. I saw you fighting for breath, your eyes still fused together, in a corner isolette all by yourself. And I loved you. Every day in that hospital, we grew closer and…
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Adopted!
You guys… it’s official!!! Kyeler’s adoption has been finalized!!!! I don’t think I’ve even shared his real name on here yet, wow. It happened about two weeks before Christmas—the absolute perfect gift. Kyeler has always felt like part of our family but it’s so wonderful knowing that he’s really, truly never leaving. I could cry…