Today was a big day for our journey – we took our first “baby step” (please pardon the pun) towards being parents. Rebekah and I selected the agency that we’re going to work with to facilitate our Embryo Adoption – Nightlight Christian Adoptions. This was a big decision for us – one that took a good bit of prayer and numerous phone calls by Rebekah to gather all the information we needed to make a proper decision.

Rebekah could not stop raving about the level of service she’d received from Nightlight. They genuinely cared about us and our situation and took the time to answer all of our questions, as well as went the extra mile to send us additional information that we could use in moving forward with our adoption. Overall, I have been very impressed with them and look forward to working with them in the coming months to take the steps start our family.

Making this decision was huge in getting the ball rolling and Rebekah and I were both ecstatic to get the application completed, write our check, include our photo from this past Christmas and drop the package in the mail. We just can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store for us in the coming weeks.

This week has actually been full of very big decisions. As some readers may know – I have been pursuing my MBA at UNCC since January. Over the last few weeks as our lives have been changing, and I’ve seen the amount of work needed to start our family, I’ve come to the realization that I just can’t be “Superman” and do everything. I certainly don’t want to sacrifice one thing for another – especially when it comes to family. For that reason, I’ve decided to put school on pause for the time being. I’m not putting it on hold indefinitely but at least until we’ve had time to properly pursue our family. For me starting our family and taking the time to do that properly and not sacrificing my relationship with Rebekah is more important than a degree. It really boils down to what’s important in life, and I will always put my family first with no question, no compromise and certainly no regrets.

School can wait – I have a great wife, a great job, a loving and supporting family and great friends. That’s a pretty awesome place to be and I can’t wait to add “great kids” to that list too. That’ll be better than a degree in my book!!

Application to Nightlight