Journey Update
It’s been a while since we have publicly updated everyone on our adoption journey. So much has happened, yet at the same time there are many days we feel we have made zero progress. Let’s start from the beginning… In December of 2016 Drew and I began to work with a popular Christian agency and got as far as our second home study (April 2017). Due to some of the things life had thrown at us during our first years of marriage, and the short amount of time that we had been marri
That One Word
A week or two after meeting, Drew came over to my apartment and we sat in the bed of his truck talking about anything that came to mind. One thing we discussed was our futures, separately of course! I just met him, no was way I going to put 'us' in my sentences when discussing the future! Although we avoided using 'us' in our sentences, there was one word both of us used. A word that just flowed out of each of our mouths with no hesitation. A word that both of us said with so
You Can't Hide in Church
"Hey Becky, it's Drew Taylor from Willow Creek. Sorry we keep playing phone tag. I am here this evening though if you want to give me a call back, I'd love to give you some info about our small group!" -September 18, 2013 at 7:34pm Little did I know this voicemail would be the first of many that I would receive from this masculine sounding Drew Taylor character! Let's take a couple of steps back... A week before this voicemail I woke up late, threw myself together to look som
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