If you’ve found your way here, you might be in one of those in-between places.
Thinking about adoption.
In the middle of the process.
Or already living it and finding yourself looking back on parts of the process differently.
Wherever you are—you’re welcome here.
This space isn’t about having all the answers.
It’s about sharing what our foster care adoption journey looked like from my perspective—the things I expected, the things I didn’t understand yet, and the things I see differently now that I’m parenting my daughter.
If you’re not sure where to begin, I’ve gathered the posts below roughly in the order our story unfolded.
Latest Adoption & Foster Care Posts
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The Parts of My Daughter’s Story I Wasn’t There For
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Preparing for Our Foster Care Home Study: What I Didn’t Fully Understand
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What I Wasn’t Prepared for During Foster Care Training
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When I Needed a Break From Talking About Adoption
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Choosing a Foster Care Agency: What I Wish I Knew Before We Started
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“She’s So Lucky to Have You” — Why Adoption Isn’t About Luck
Before Adoption: When Everything Felt Uncertain
This is where our story started—the questions, the waiting, and the realization that our path to parenthood might look different than we’d expected.
Choosing Adoption (and What I Didn’t Understand Yet)
I thought we were making a clear, logical decision.
Looking back, we were just getting started.
- “We’ll Just Adopt”: How I Found My Way to Foster Care Adoption
- Choosing a Foster Care Agency: What I Wish I Knew Before We Started
Learning About Foster Care and Trauma
Training introduced us to foster care, trauma and things we’d never thought about before.
I understood the information—but living it later gave some of those lessons an entirely different meaning.
- What I Wasn’t Prepared for During Foster Care Training
- What I Didn’t Understand About Trauma Before We Adopted
Preparing Our Home (and Ourselves)
There were forms, inspections, training and requirements—but there was also the emotional side of waiting to become a mom.
- Preparing for Our Foster Care Home Study: What I Didn’t Fully Understand
- When I Needed a Break From Talking About Adoption
What I Understand Differently Now
Some parts of adoption looked different once I was actually parenting my daughter.
These are the things I’ve found myself thinking about differently with time and experience.
- “She’s So Lucky to Have You” — Why Adoption Isn’t About Luck
- The Parts of My Daughter’s Story I Wasn’t There For
Where Adoption Connects to Everyday Parenting
Our adoption story didn’t stop shaping our family once our daughter came home.
What I learned about early experiences, trauma and behavior continues to shape the way I think about parenting today.
If you’re also navigating ADHD, school struggles, routines or the harder parts of parenting a neurodivergent child, you can continue here:
Parenting My Child With ADHD: What I’m Learning Along the Way
💌 Before You Go…
If you’re also somewhere in the adoption journey, you’re welcome to follow along.
I share what I’ve learned from our experience—not because I have all the answers, but because sometimes it helps to hear from someone who has walked part of the road before you.
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