It is going on two years since my last post. There are so many reasons why, but most of all it is such a painful journey and to write about it...makes it a reality.
My life became hectic in May of 2010. My husband and I became licensed foster parents. One Thursday in May we got the call we were approved. On Friday, we got the call to pick our first baby from the local hospital. Christopher joined our family on Saturday. One month later, we received another phone call for a baby boy. Alexander was 3 1/2 months old.
April 4th of 2011 we adopted Christopher. August 1st of 2011, we adopted Alexander. As crazy as our lives are, we are so grateful for the blessing of our beautiful children. On many occasions...it is what kept us from falling into a deep funk.
With the blessing of our babies, my mother-in-law was ecstatic! She loved the babies and every phone call began with her asking about the babies and ended with a baby story. We lived so close to her, we would visit all the time. The babies seemed to give her a little boost...from the depression...for awhile. Although my mother-in-law was very aware she would one day not remember them...ironically she remembered them the longest.
This blog is about AD and dementia and not adoption, but I felt it was necessary to to explain the huge gap between posts. In future posts there will be a better understanding as well.
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