X is for the Great Unknown

There is nothing that could have prepared me for the experience of adopting a child.

Not blogs, books, or classes.
Not the perspectives of families who have gone before me.
Not even the experience of dear, adult adoptee friends.

We find, in adoption, that there is no normal. There is no cut-and-dry path to placement, parenthood, or reunification. No way to predict how a child who has experienced the trauma of separation will cope as they grow. No way to know whether the birth family of your child will love you or resent you.

Moving forward, we have no idea what life will hold from here. We don’t know how our kiddos will need to be supported in the future. We have no way of knowing whether the steps we’re taking now to secure their story are the ones they will find valuable.

It’s truly a lesson in trusting God’s path for our lives and leaning on Him to keep walking.