Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 1/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 2/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 3/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 4/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 5/6 Two months passed after our little Christmas girl had gone when we got another call. A three week old little girl. I thought about going back to sleepless nights and hesitated for a second … Continue reading Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 6/6

Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 1/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 2/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 3/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 4/6 A few weeks after the newest sweet little girl was born, in the fall of 2019, Daniel and I were sitting in the office of a fertility clinic. Sometime before getting to this moment I'd reached a point … Continue reading Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 5/6

Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 1/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 2/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 3/6 Another year passed, it was now summer 2019. I still felt like our daughter was “out there” but I was less sure what that meant. Maybe she was “out there” waiting to be born. Maybe she was “out there” and we’d adopt … Continue reading Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 4/6

Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 1/6Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 2/6 I couldn’t believe it. When she came to us she already had a departure date but now she could be adopted and I wanted her to stay, 100%. There was just one minor detail standing in the way. Daniel didn’t feel like she was supposed to … Continue reading Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 3/6

Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 1/6 Later that year another little girl came to our family and again I quickly loved both her and her mom. This little girl had one of those full-face bright smiles that charmed everyone. She was beautiful and looked just like her mom. She didn’t stay long and went home a short … Continue reading Waiting on Sunshine: pt. 2/6