National Adoption Month

So November is a month that represents a time of year for being thankful and really rings in the holiday spirit (sorry Halloween but you just don't give that warm, fuzzy, lovey feeling that Thanksgiving and Christmas bring in), but November also represents something very special to me. November is National Adoption month, and many newspapers in Utah and Idaho take a section out of their paper at least once a month (or more than that, if they're like the Herald Journal) to dedicate it to adoption. Now a days everything has a ribbon (you know the yellow ribbon for the soldiers, the pink ribbon for breast cancer) well adoption also has a ribbon. It is the white ribbon. I have started my "adoption awareness" advocacy for this month. I have written an article to be published in one of the newspapers, I am going to participate in a adoption panel (where birth mothers are asked to speak to people about their experience with adoption. I will be speaking at a class that couples that are planning on adopting take), and I am also part of an online blog. If you would like to see this blog, click here. Kyle and I also plan on joining FSA (Families Supporting Adoption) this month, and I'm hoping to become a lot more active. Anyone can join FSA, so if you're interested, go ahead and join.

It was also two years ago in November that I decided to place Braxton with his amazing family. I can't believe that two years have gone by, and that I have survived it. I love seeing how big he is getting and sometimes can't believe that he'll be a big 2 in just a few months. I am so thankful for him and for his family. I have so many friends that have also placed babies, that the couple that adopted their baby didn't keep promises that were made, and don't allow the birthmoms much contact, if any. I know that to each their own, but it is really hard to see girls struggle when they were promised something much more open than they are receiving. I am so thankful that Braxton's family is understanding, and caring, and give me information about him and pictures of him. It has really helped me these past two years. I am also thankful to have a husband that is so understanding about my past, and has about as much love for Braxton as I do. It is a real help to have him there to support me.