Half Chinese: 5 months home
Five months...that is how long we have been home with Lily, TODAY! It is hard to believe it has already been five months but it is also impossible to remember life without her. Our family has gone through so many adjustments since coming home. It certainly hasn't only been difficult on Lily although I dare say I can't truly imagine what this transition has been and continues to be for her. I do want to be super real in the entry while protecting Lily and our family, of course, but I feel so much responsibility to be a voice that other adoptive parents can hear when they are feeling alone or different from what they thought their situation would look like. I know when we started our journey I poured through adoption blogs, you tube videos of "gotcha days", books, etc. Everything I saw and most everything I read talked about how amazing the entire process was and how the moment they laid eyes on their child it was instant love and bliss (I could almost see them run...