2021 Adoption Update
Tyler and I have been wanting to write an adoption update for a while now. When we first posted about our desire to adopt our second, we got an overwhelming amount of support. We were prayerfully covered and donation goals were met quickly. Then, we had a whirlwind of a year. We remembered throughout the year all the loved ones that were walking alongside us. We processed and rested and tried again, and processed and rested and tried again and again and again... So after our year of ups and downs we are finally sitting and writing an adoption update! We contemplated whether or not we should share or honestly if we wanted to. But this week it hit me, to leave out the hard and difficult moments is to keep the full masterpiece the Lord is painting to ourselves. And when you witness the Lord's faithfulness you have to tell about it. The story that led to our beautiful, sweet Ellie Jo was one of struggles and hardships, and every part of it pointed to a faithful, loving God that...
