Day One of a Life Long Journey, Meeting your Birth Siblings for the first time… My sweet boy. Today’s the day… A day I’ve been awaiting since the moment we brought you home. When daddy and I heard about you for the first time, about your story, your birth; the part of you that was not part of us, we began praying for today. From afar it seems so confusing; so many questions, with so little answers. It’s hard to explain as you are only three,...

As a young girl growing up with horses, I remember early Saturday mornings my dad would wake me up; the sky still black. Handing me my riding clothes, he directed me out to the barn. Tacked and ready were Silver and Peppy. Saddlebags filled with warm canteens of freshly stirred hot chocolate; our trek up the trail began. Those days were filled with innocence of what the world entailed. It was just me, my daddy, and our two big animals; life...