The journey of adoption through foster care is bittersweet. There are moments of sorrow, grief, frustration, and even anger as you navigate the system. And then there’s the adoption day. It’s a day of beauty and redemption and celebration. While there may be more difficult moments down the road as you continue to deal with the realities of adoption, it is great to have that special adoption day where we let go of the sad and embrace the joy for our child, ourselves, and our family.
So come see for yourself the fun, the serious, and the beautiful of an adoption day from beginning to end— from waking up as a ward of the state to returning home as a beloved forever daughter. I’m resisting my writer impulses by not captioning these photos, but just letting them tell the story. A big thank you to Renee Welstead of Love Equals Photography for these sweet images.
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