A New Dawn, A New Day

I'm trying daily to stay positive and focused but sometimes impatience and frustration can get the best of you. This journey is not about getting the perfect child or just any child even but finding the right match for an entire family. We have grown to understand more about the possible situations we could face but know also that every adoption is unique.  ~ How do you prepare for the unknown?


I recently read on an adoption forum the opinion that when you adopt, "you are breaking a family in order to make a family". I could not disagree more. Our intent is not to deny our child of their natural connection to their biological family. From our experience a family is hardly ever simple and can involve many layers of relationships. Chris and I are close to our families and have many friends that we consider family. Love isn't bound by DNA.


So new dawn, new day...we can only do what we can to reach out in hope that a connection is made that will complete our family.


~ Tracy

Our Profile Book!

Here's our new profile for expectant parents or birth parents to review. We'll also list the direct website link to our agency http://adoptionprofessionals.net/

 ~ Tracy & Chris

Some How, Some Way, Someday

We continue to do all we can (morally, legally and realistically of course) to find the child meant to complete our family. While some may not understand this process and journey, I hope they can see that it is only the desire to be parents that motivates us. Some of those involved in the process may seem to lose the overall meaning and intent but trust me we have not.

We continue to hope that our words will reach those meant to hear them.

For those of you actually still reading this, thank you again...and believe it or not, many of these type of adoptions happen from some kind of word of mouth or other personal connection. ~ Tracy & Chris

The Journey Continues

Things have been difficult in the last year to say the least but I still hold onto hope. Not only for our adoption journey but for all the trials and challenges my friends and family have faced and continue to face. Time seems to drag and fly by simultaneously. I'd love for us to be able to plan...for anything, of course a child, but even a vacation, home projects, volunteer commitments, but the chance of "what if" looms constantly.
Here's to better days ahead!

~ Tracy

Waiting, Waiting & Still Waiting

So just a quick update...our agency has shown our profile a couple times since we went "live" in April. No feedback from the couples yet but at least it's something, I guess. The waiting and not really wanting to prepare ahead of time in case it takes awhile or just doesn't happen is threatening to drive me crazy. My rational side says we don't want to be faced w/ baby stuff for the reasons above but the nesting instinct is kicking in and got me wanting to buy at least the essentials. Oh well, guess we'll just wait and see :) Try to be cautiously optimistic!

Leap of Faith

I'll start with some basics for those of you who may know us but not be aware of what we've been up to. Chris and I have been working towards domestic infant adoption now for about 6+ months. We've found a local agency that works with expectant mothers/couples or parents that are considering their options for their pregnancy or child. The social workers and staff provide counseling on all options available. If an adoption plan is chosen then potential adoptive parents' profile books are shown to them and they can choose who they would like to meet with further.

We have completed all the lovely background checks, doctors appts, reams of paperwork, interviews and are now homestudy approved. Now the waiting begins until we have been matched with an expectant mom/couple or even a baby is born at the hospital without previous plans made.

I've decided to open up a bit to see what situations may come of it. Even if someone doesn't choose us or decides to parent themselves, the counseling or other potential adoptive parents may be the best answer for all involved.

I will provide our agency information so that anyone who knows of a woman that is in a position to need the help can pass it along. We are hoping for semi-open to open adoption but understand this may not always be possible.

I thank anyone who has actually read this far. It hasn't been easy to decide to put it out here but while I believe what is meant to be will be, I don't think you can just sit back and wait for it to fall into your lap :)

We also understand that some may not agree with aspects of adoption or at all and we respect that. If that's the case then please simply ignore our blog. We welcome comments and questions but are not up for the adoption debate.


Contact info: Adoption Professionals, PH: 513-321-2229 (Sheryl Linne, founder/director)