When I was a kid, growing up in upstate New York, I was always fascinated with politics. I'd dream of growing up and getting involved in...

Yea, we're doing this today. I have had so many amazing and incredible people who have loved me and my family, and supported us during...

Hi there, faithful friends and family. It has been a year since we walked out of that courtroom, a forever family. I had stupid hair, my...

Dear Gabe, There is so much I want to tell you, so many stories that I want to introduce to you, so many places I want to take you, and...

It’s a funny time of year, isn’t it? Warmer weather, flowers in full bloom, the promise of summer on its way. It’s our first Mother’s Day...

Alright everyone, settle down. You’ve been liking his pictures on Facebook, you’ve been favoriting his Tweets on Twitter, and you’ve been...

The morning of November 9, our son’s birthday, has been filled with too many hours already. As my husband and I stand over his bed and...

7:49 a.m. It is still the morning of November 9, 2015, and I enter the operating room for Bio Mom’s c-section, to be her support system...

By now, you’ve all seen the video of us bringing our son home for the first time. And it was every bit as wonderful as the musical...

In the final month before our baby arrives, our amazingly generous families threw us two lovely little baby showers, and despite our...

It is Sunday, October 4. With the smell of pumpkin spice lattes and warm apple cider in the air, my husband Dom and I have found...

As it turns out, it was just like they said it would be. You wait, and wait, and wait. And then a cell phone ring inverts your stomach...

I hate to waste words. So I tend to only write about updates in our adoption process when there’s something of real substance to report....

Two crisp twenty-dollar bills pushed into lumpy 13-year-old fingers, Mom pushed me into my uncle Kenny’s car. “You don’t say a word about...

I’m sure that when we take the final numbers at the end of 2015, the balance of happy experiences will outweigh the tough experiences....

To The Mother of Our Future Child, We are so excited to talk to you for the very first time. Your story is one that is so important to...

It took her until January to tell us, either because she didn't know, or because she wasn't telling. As I was sitting on the side of the...

The best stories are always trilogies, aren’t they?  Don’t worry, this third and final piece won’t leave you as emotionally wrecked as...