Celebrating Nia’s Adoption Day: 4 years later

November 18, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Today marks 4 years since I stood before the judge, my village, and a crowd of others who were also finalizing their adoptions that day, and I breathed in a full lung filling breath. I believe that from the moment my youngest daughter was placed in my arms at 17 days old to the moment […]

My Blog Post from Four Years Ago: Meeting Nia!

April 29, 2021.Reading time 14 minutes.

Good Evening Gorgeous, Today marks 4 years since I wrote this blog post. Four years have passed since I excitedly said yes to an 18 day old baby girl being discharged from the NICU. Four years since I met my daughter on a Friday night. That morning I got up and went to work completely […]

A letter to my daughter on the anniversary of her adoption.

November 18, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Today, marks 3 years since the judge signed and sealed my youngest daughter legally and permanently into my care as her mother. I looked through the pictures from that day and all the feelings came rushing back. I saw the Hands of God move in that season. The adoption process is the most challenging journey […]

Reveling in God’s goodness!

September 7, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

About a month ago, our family dressed up on a Friday afternoon and headed to a nature park to meet up with our favorite photographer. (Well our only photographer.) We met her three years ago to have family pics taken when Nia was a newborn, and that beach photo session became my testimony because hours […]

“You are Just a Little bit her Mommy!”

January 30, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

I continue to see my sweet little girls that I cared for recently as their foster mommy. They still scream, “Mommy!” everytime they see me. Yesterday, when I picked up my daughter Nia, I saw both of them on the playground. I rounded the corner and there at the fence was little P. She is […]