3/27/2015
Our second home study meeting was delayed because Liz, our social worker, got sick. It finally happened today. This visit was focused mostly on our childhoods, our relationships with our families, and our relationship with each other.
Our childhoods and relationships with our families
We both feel that we had wonderful childhoods, and would raise our children much like our parents raised us. Laura grew up in a large farm family that valued hard work and responsibility. Amanda grew up in a small suburban family that valued community and service. Both of us have tremendous love and support from our families. They support us as individuals, they supported us when we each came out years ago, and they support our adoption plan.
In fact, adoption is very accepted and celebrated in our families. We have cousins who are adopted and a nephew who is adopted. Everyone's excited to welcome a new baby into the family!
Our relationship with each other
One word that describes our relationship best is supportive. When we got married, we each wrote our own vows, and we didn't share them with each other. But there we were, standing in front of all our friends and family, reading nearly identical vows about how we plan to support each other's hopes and dreams.
We also both vowed to support each other through the tough times, too. Long before our wedding, Amanda said, "I can't promise it's always going to be easy, but I can promise to keep showing up every day." That's how we face challenges: we face them, and we face them together.
We look forward to supporting a child's hopes and dreams, and supporting a child through the tough times, too. This family will always be a team!
