Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.

Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom.

I am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children.

I can hide, and my husband's just terrible at finding me. I do like to jump out from behind doors and scare him.

Of course, of course I'm grateful. How can I not be grateful? I have been afforded such a wonderful life.

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.

A girl told me my lips looked like somebody had pressed strawberry yogurt against my face.