I have spent a lot of time thinking over the past few weeks
as to if it is maybe time to just bow out from the blog. When I started this it was to keep family and
friends informed about how our adoption was going. It then turned into more of a, this is what
the adoption process is like. Even the
first year was look how much Noah has grown and this is where things are at
with the finalization of the adoption.
Here we are just a few days away from Noah’s adoption being
finalized for 1 year! He is 19 and ½
months old and what is there really to talk about.
Yes Noah is growing into an amazing little boy. He is climbing onto everything, and most
things he should be. He has learned if
he sticks his toes in the links on the baby gate on the steps he can get
himself up high enough to get over it.
The dog’s cage has become his personal step ladder to get things we try
to keep up from him. The middle of the
dinning room table has become his own personal winners block and he stands on
it all the time. I am pretty sure some
day I am going to find him pulling on the blades of the fan above the
table. As much as these things drive me
crazy I know it is part of him growing and they are exciting to me at
least. But do other people want to hear
about it?
We do have contact with Noah’s birth family but to be honest
it is pretty minimal, so it isn't like I have that to talk about. I don’t think it is any 1 person’s fault that
contact has slowed down, but it has happened.
Our life is busy with 2 working parents and a 19 month old. They are just as busy and have just as many
things going on. I wish we were in
contact more but life happens I guess.
We don’t avoid each other and when 1 or the other reaches out the other
always answers back. I am sure distance
has a lot to do with it and it makes it hard for visits and things. I hope in the future we do get to visit with
them.
So this is where I am at, where is there to go from
here? I have met so many amazing people
and know it is because of my blog. But
what is left to say? What do people
really want to hear.
Melinda
Melinda,
ReplyDeleteDo what your motherly instincts tell you to do! Or, just blog when you feel up to it. Women are under so much pressure to be everything and do everything! Maybe cut down to one post per month? I enjoy your heartfelt messages but I also COMPLETELY understand how being in a two-working parent household with young children can be overwhelming. No matter what you decide, just know that your words have mattered!
Jody Cantrell Dyer, author of The Eye of Adoption
www.jodydyer.com