Adoption is an easy decision for some and a very difficult decision for others. It was very difficult for me.

God used 58 months of infertility to soften my heart to adoption - more like meat-tenderize my heart to adoption. And even then, I had so much fear. So much fear about mothering a child I did not birth and having a relationship with the woman who did.

The truth is, adoption is not natural, intended, or ideal. But it is perfect.

It’s a triad - birth family, adoptive family, and child - of imperfect beings stepping into God’s perfect plan to redeem brokenness in families.

Listen in for the honest, messy truth.

For the full story of our journey to our son — every heartbreaking, hope-filled detail, straight from my heart and my journals to yours — find This Hope: A Journey of Getting to Know God on Amazon, Audible, and Apple Books.

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