Looking Ahead

Well, the reality of all this is upon us. In a few short weeks we will be going to China to meet our son. I can tell you it was very surreal going to our travel meeting Friday afternoon at the agency. Sitting among other waiting families, listening to information being presented to us about our travel arrangements, there was a brief moment, where the world stood still, as I considered just how real all of this was becoming. In fact, this group of strangers, will one day be very much connected to us. This group of parents and some siblings, is going to be together throughout this journey - both abroad and at home. Many, if not most of us, will bridge lifelong extended families, all of us united through a web of shared joys and struggles, moments of fear and courage, and each of us offering and welcoming support and encouragement along the way. I look forward to meeting them. They will be a part of Kai's link to China. They will be there, as Kai grows older, to validate his story. The children that return home with us this May 20th, will look Chinese, will have biracial families, will share a similar history, and will grow as companions in the years to come. This family we are creating has been a long time in coming. We are grateful to be in the company of families that can relate to our adoption journey and with whom Kai can identify and look to as he grows in his autonomy.

{Deep breath...} We will take this leap together in 18 days.