the right to hold you

In 2015, our family welcomed our third child to the chaos through the emotional and complex reality of adoption. Our son was almost three when he became part of our family, and I blogged about the experience for a little over a year. This section of my website contains the archives of that blog, which I called “the right to hold you.” If I wrote about adoption today, my words probably wouldn’t mirror what I wrote in 2014/15, but I’ve left them as originally authored for authenticity. Our little guy has been with us for over 6 years, and if I write about him today, it’s likely to be in the context of parenting a child with disabilities.

“the right to hold you” origin story
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“the right to hold you” origin story

But I do know this – I’m doing my best. She’s doing her best. We are family. Life isn’t easy, and we don’t get it right all the time. But we will never stop loving each other, and fighting for each other, and being committed to being a family. I know I am the exact Mama this girl needs, even when I don’t feel like it.

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