I debated sharing this story on our blog. But it's relative to our life that I feel that it's necessary. It's hard for me to find the words to express my sadness about this. My heart breaks for this young mother that didn't understand her options. Of course we do not know the details of this woman's situation, and I don't presume to. But I can't help but wish she knew that there are families waiting for babies to love and cherish. That there are resources to support pregnant women. What if she knew of us, would she have made the same decision? I weep for this baby that entered the world to be taken out so brutally. Why??? We have so much love to give. We pray everyday to have our little one(s) find us. Then we read the LOCAL news to see this. Absolutely heartbreaking. I pray this young woman finds peace and that this angel baby is in Gods loving arms being cherished as he deserves.
Please share our adoption profile over and over again. Let the world know that we are here and ready to become parents.
Please pray for this woman and her angel baby.
l.o.v.e.
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Friday, September 25, 2015
September 23, 2015 - A Day to Remember
We received a somewhat unexpected phone call Wednesday afternoon. I was in a meeting at work and for whatever reason, I had my personal cell phone with me. My phone rang, and it was an unknown number, so I waited to see if it went to voicemail. Sure enough, a few minutes later - ding! I googled the area code and since it was northern Chicago, I decided to step out of the meeting to see who it was...just in case....
"Hi Anne, this is Samantha at Angel Adoption. We have a birthmother that is interested in talking with you. Please call me back as soon as possible and I will give you more information."
HOLY CRAP!!!
I called Jim immediately and told him I would return the phone call and let him know what I find out. He reminded me to breathe, and take notes. I ran to the reception desk at the heart center asking for a pen and paper (mine was still sitting in my spot in the conference room). When the nurse handed me a post-it, I just laughed. I decided it would be best, and totally acceptable, to excuse myself from the meeting and make this important phone call. After several minutes of converstation, Samantha confirmed that we need to call the potential birthmother between 7:30-8 pm. She gave us other details, that at this time, we are choosing to keep private. I called Jim back and he was just as excited and anxious as I was. 7:15 rolled around and we were just beside ourselves. "How did this happen so fast?" "This is so amazing!" "What do we say?" "What will she be like?" At 7:28, I was certain we were both going to throw up. I had my Fitbit on and my heart rate was escalating quickly. 7:32 a reasonable (and punctual) time to call. As soon as she answered, we were instantly relieved. The conversation was very easy, heartwarming, and to be honest, it was perfect. We ended our phone call with plans to keep in touch and hopefully meet in the next few weeks/months.
This is only the very beginning of the journey. It's too early in the process to make any definite decisions, or legal action, but we are overjoyed and hopeful. If Jim and I were to have written a dream situation, this would be it.
Prayers please.
Xoxo,
Anne & Jim
"Hi Anne, this is Samantha at Angel Adoption. We have a birthmother that is interested in talking with you. Please call me back as soon as possible and I will give you more information."
HOLY CRAP!!!
I called Jim immediately and told him I would return the phone call and let him know what I find out. He reminded me to breathe, and take notes. I ran to the reception desk at the heart center asking for a pen and paper (mine was still sitting in my spot in the conference room). When the nurse handed me a post-it, I just laughed. I decided it would be best, and totally acceptable, to excuse myself from the meeting and make this important phone call. After several minutes of converstation, Samantha confirmed that we need to call the potential birthmother between 7:30-8 pm. She gave us other details, that at this time, we are choosing to keep private. I called Jim back and he was just as excited and anxious as I was. 7:15 rolled around and we were just beside ourselves. "How did this happen so fast?" "This is so amazing!" "What do we say?" "What will she be like?" At 7:28, I was certain we were both going to throw up. I had my Fitbit on and my heart rate was escalating quickly. 7:32 a reasonable (and punctual) time to call. As soon as she answered, we were instantly relieved. The conversation was very easy, heartwarming, and to be honest, it was perfect. We ended our phone call with plans to keep in touch and hopefully meet in the next few weeks/months.
This is only the very beginning of the journey. It's too early in the process to make any definite decisions, or legal action, but we are overjoyed and hopeful. If Jim and I were to have written a dream situation, this would be it.
Prayers please.
Xoxo,
Anne & Jim
We photo documented the evening. ONE glass of wine before, escalated heart-rates, and after the call... Nothing but tears of joy and thanks. :)
Sunday, August 30, 2015
The word is out!
So we started this blog about two weeks ago (for therapeutic reasons and for informational purposes), but today is the day someone other than us will read it - Welcome!
We spent the weekend in Austin, spending our time with Anne's friend Ashely and Jim's sister Julia. We waited to share our exciting news via email until we could have some face time with these peeps. It's exciting to share the news, get joyful reactions, and educate people on the process. And now we're excited to share the news with all of you!
We received an email from Angel while we were vacationing that they received our profile. They will review our packet and within 1-2 weeks our profile will be sent out! So exciting. Because our home study is not yet complete, our profile will only be shared with expectant mothers with a due date later than our expected home study completion (after October, most likely).
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