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Adoption Anniversary

Family travel adventures

  • When Love Leaves Quietly

    This is another difficult update—one I have not wanted to write. We lost our precious Ragdoll kitty, Finn. He had just celebrated his first birthday on our Adoption Day—February 26th. It felt so meaningful to us, like it was meant to be. A little life born on the very day our family was made whole.…

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  • When the Body Breaks, the Heart Remembers

    It’s taken me a while to write this. Not because I didn’t have the words—but because I didn’t have the strength. About a month ago, I got sick with pneumonia and ended up in the hospital for five days. The entire ordeal took a toll on me—physically, emotionally, and in ways I’m still uncovering. When…

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  • Family Ever After

    February 26th is a very special day in our family. It’s what we call “Adoption Day”—the day the court finalized our adoption and our girls became legally ours. This year marks five years. Five years since we heard the judge declare what our hearts already knew to be true. Five years since the paperwork caught…

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Away we go!

Family travel stories

Join us as we explore new places across the country, sharing our adventures, unexpected surprises, and the lessons learned along the way during our cross-country move from California to Mississippi.

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