Time for a New Chapter
It's hard to find the right words to express how much this journey has meant to us and how truly fulfilled we are now that our son is home and we are a family. The journey was filled with so many emotions along the way....some days were so unbearably difficult and others were nothing short of pure bliss. There were days when I wondered why we had chose this option and there were many, many days when I knew exactly why. Now that we are home, I am reminded every day of why we chose adoption and why we were matched with the little boy who is our son. This blog has served as a great way for us to journal about our experiences and for our family and friends to follow. We have been so grateful for all of the friends we have met since we started our journey...friends we have known for years and also new friends we have made throughout the process.
Having said this, we feel as though we have closed the door on our journey to our son and are blessed to start a new one...life at home with Nathaniel!! So... starting soon this blog will end and we will begin an exciting new chapter in our lives. We will be starting a new journal of our experiences of life at home (aka-new blog!) and, for many reasons, we are choosing to share that with our family and friends -- keeping it more private. If you have followed our journey along the way-- thank you! All of our friends both inside and outside of blogger world- your comments and emails and words of wisdom have meant so much.
What I am most excited about is the future. I await the day when Nathaniel can reflect on this journal and understand how greatly he has changed our lives...when he can see how much he has meant to us from day 1 (and before)....when he can truly understand how he has made us a family and how loved he will always be. I really can't even find the words to express how much love we feel for him...and the happiness he has given us is simply the best experience of our lives.
Family and friends...I will send you the password to the new blog in a couple weeks. Friends and fellow bloggers we have become close with...if you would like to continue to follow our journey -- email me privately.
There will be a couple more posts here before we offically sign off.
It's now on to a new chapter with much anticipation of what Life with Nate will hold!! Here's a special montage of our journey. For our sweet, sweet son...
With Love,
Rich, Emily, and Nathaniel
