Parents

    The next step in our process was to talk with our parent. Ryan and I both feel its important to seek wisdom when making big decision.  So we wanted to talk with our parents and get their thoughts on us adopting.  We both knew going into this conversation with them was not going to be the exciting conversation that you have when you tell your parents you are pregnant. We knew there would be lots of questions and concerns.  Not because they were against adoption but because we are there children and they want to protect us for any hardship that could come.
   I will not go into all the details with this but after talking about all the pros and cons and the what if's and the what if,what if's ha ha.  We had both sides of our parents blessings.  I know that the concerns that some of them had were only to protect us.  Yes it is scary doing something you have never done before.  It is scary thinking about all the bad things that COULD happen.  But God did not give us a spirit of fear but of power and love and of sound mind 2 Timothy 1:7.
   Taking a step of faith isn't easy but it is easy when you know you have a Heavenly Father who loves you and is leading your path according to HIS purpose.  Ryan and I both love our parents very much and we are so thankful God has given us the close relationships that we have with them.  I can't imagine doing life without them.  We both pray our kids will feel the same towards us when they are grown and have families of our own.  We pray they will know we will support them in their life journey and that we will be praying for them every step of the way:)