The world of fostering a child is one full of ups and downs and so many emotions we didn’t even know we had. At least that’s what I’ve heard and read from friends that foster. You give your heart away, only to have pieces of it taken with when it is time for the child or children to leave again. They are only yours for a moment, and nothing is set in stone. 

Kelsey and Keyle knew they wanted to be parents, but pregnancy doesn’t come so easily for everyone. I could count on both my  hands and toes the number of people I know that have struggled with infertility. It is so many and it’s heartbreaking. To want something that should come so naturally, only to have it dangled in front of you and snatched away by disappointment each month or after months of thinking you might be having a baby, and then you’re not anymore. This could go on for years. 

We all have different stories. For some, pregnancy is easy. Others, it is not, but it’s in the struggle that the most beautiful things come from. I myself am a child of two amazing parents that couldn’t conceive. So are a few of my very good friends. Adoption is an amazing thing that brings hearts together…forever. I’ve been holding onto these photos until it was finalized, and now that it is, I really wanted to share.  They became parents when they started fostering, but now it is signed on a piece of paper and filed away in the forever files. 

“I am the answer to mommy and daddy’s prayers.” her shirt says. Adopted August 3, 2018.