The Miracle of Fundraising

I've had several email questions about funding, so I thought I'd write about it today. I have MANY friends fundraising for adoptions right now and when the thermometer on the right went up so quickly, they all wanted to know my *secrets*. HAHA!

I SO wish there was a magic formula to raising funds, but our story was just a miracle. We have NEVER had money sitting around. We are a family who lives paycheck to paycheck with every penny accounted for and everything extra is donated to various causes that we feel passionate about.

Early this year, we decided to retire (for now) from foster parenting and really spend the next years focusing on our own family. When the time finally came to take a look at fertility treatments, we were all in, but the costs terrified us! We had no idea how we would afford to ever get started. We had to save up for a couple of months for just the first consultation! But once we made up our mind and started praying for this path, the funding started really coming together. Our tax refund showed up, Matthew received an awesome bonus at work the same week, our last reimbursement from foster care arrived a couple of weeks later, a ridiculously successful garage sale, and three awesome donations from compassionate and generous friends/family were a great surprise. THANK YOU Gretchen, Chelsea, David, and Karen!!!

Now that we're nearing an end to what we felt was an unattainable goal, our minds are at ease over the financial side of this process. I can not express the rest in our hearts over this. We have many other unknowns with the embryo transfer process and with our sweet Julia coming home for the summer from Ukraine, but to not stress over the financial side, has been a tremendous blessing!

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL!!!