Adoption Day

Our family is getting ready to celebrate our son's fifth adoption day in just a few weeks. It's amazing how quickly time has passed and yet, I can remember meeting our little guy for the first time just as if it were yesterday. Our seven year old son was born in Guatemala and we waited an agonizing 14 months for his homecoming. The wait was long, but well worth it and here we are five years later enjoying every minute of life together.

Adoption Day is a chance to celebrate how your family was put together. It's an opportunity to remember the amazing gift your child is to you. For us, it's also a chance to remember our son's birthmother and his foster mother in Guatemala. Re-telling the stories of his homecoming and watching videos of our time in Guatemala are fun ways we spend the day.

The best part of Adoption Day? Tucking our little man in bed at night, giving him a hug and a kiss and knowing that our family is complete.

Charlie Marquardt