What I Learned From Our Failed Adoption

For nearly three years, my husband and I researched, discussed, held fundraisers for, and saved for the adoption of our little baby.

After all of that saving, the home study visits, and endless background checks, we were finally notified that an expecting mother had chosen us to adopt her baby last summer!

After much research and personal reflection, we decided to go the private adoption route. This allowed us to manage the process and our emotions and life situations with a bit more control that other options would have afforded us. We…