I want to start by thanking you all for your kinds words after my post earlier this week about our starting a family. It is so nice to be able to open up about it, and we really appreciate your support! We're feeling very loved.
We are looking forward to sharing our story with you and exploring emotions, thoughts, and choices along the way from our perspective. Infertility and adoption can be difficult, emotionally charged topics. We know there are many paths to a family, and we want to be honest about ours, while being respectful and sensitive to the paths of others. Any opinions are just our own, and our hope is that we can connect with others who have been there or are there right now, as well as to enlighten people who may not have gone through something similar to make our little corner of the world a more understanding place.
I want you to know that we're open to questions and conversations about this journey we're on. I think there's lots of wondering about the right thing to say when someone is going through something like this, but simply asking how it's going and listening is a huge help.
I also want you to know that Mr. Ladd reads and approves the things I share here on this topic before I post. Since he doesn't blog, and I speak for the both of us quite often, I am always respectful of sensitively sharing stories that belong to him too. I understand that he and I may even be in different places about certain things, and that is ok.
Overall, I want this to be a place of honesty. I am probably an over-sharer, but I think it's important to tell the truth about hard things. It makes people feel less alone, and helps us to put down our masks, and love and respect each other more fully.
Have a great weekend, and thanks for reading our story.
