I think God likes the stories that are messiest because He knows how beautiful He can make them. Nathan and I are one of those stories. To me, life is a journey. A journey is something we start out on, and then life happens. I remember our wedding day like it was yesterday, standing there hand in hand as our pastor prayed for our future, our future kids and family. Like any other couple we had our imagination about how that would work out. I'm learning God has a sense of humor and His plan for our lives is so often not what we imagine. He often takes us and breaks us so that we can have the eyes to see what His plan was all along. For us, that began three months after our wedding. My health began to change. Months turned into years. After two surgeries, a disappointing diagnosis, many, many heartbreaking responses for treatment, a pregnancy loss, and months of waiting with broken tears and hearts - we looked up to God and asked 'œWhy?' Months went by and time seemed to stand still...only it was very much moving, though circumstances were not. Life just sort of stopped. After talking with my mentor on one especially low day and then discussing it with Nathan, we felt God leading us to start the adoption process, to shift our focus. This was something we had discussed many times before, and suddenly it just felt right. We would appreciate any support in our journey on what God has for us through this journey