My Random Thoughts

Greetings all,

So this is Nick taking control of the blog for a bit. I'm a long-time reader, first time writer. I'm glad that Tarrah has set this up so that all of you can get a little glimpse into this process that we are going through.

First, and probably foremost, I wanted to let all of you know things from my perspective. I want to assure all of you know that I am 100% committed to this process. I would say that I was more than 100% committed, but since mathematically that's not possible, we'll stick with the numbers this way. Previously I have not been as vocal as Tarrah has been about this whole process, but I have been an active participant in all the decisions that we've made. As long as we have been an item, T and I have discussed our thoughts on adoption and that our family would not be complete until we welcomed a child into our family through this process.  I was waiting until the time was right to begin talking about it. And since we now have officially begun the process I figure I don't have anything to hide! Countless times I've been told (and honestly seen) God's timing is never our own and that He laughs at us when we try to plan out our own futures. So He's probably had a pretty good chuckle at the fact that I kept thinking this process would begin for us in a few years. Well, the time is now and we are off and running!

Speaking of running, on June 8th that is exactly what I will be doing. Covenant Care, the group that we are using for the adoption process, has a yearly 5K race down in Macon. Since the conference I was going to present at has been cancelled for that same weekend, I am going to put this time to good use. Thank goodness for those couch to 5K apps and websites out there. Thank you all for the support on this. You may not think a 5K is really that big of a deal, but for this heart patient armchair quarterback, this is going to be epic!

So to summarize, I'm all in for the process and am going to run a race in June. Thank you all for your pledges and purchases of t-shirts to help us begin this process. We are still taking orders and welcome your support!

Peace,

NZ