“Honestly, I think you’re both crazy to do this.”
These are words from friends we’ve known for eight years. We have been through a lot together. We watched their family of four grow by three more kids. They watched our two kids grow through their high school years and step into adulthood. They abided with us in prayer and encouragement through two heaping handfuls of loss. Their opinion matters because they know us. And perhaps because we already knew they were right.
Imagine a middle aged couple, one retired and the other perimenopausal. They are *this close* to empty nesting. They’ve taken up ballroom dancing and took a train to Niagara Falls for their 25th anniversary. The story is written by countless couples who’ve walked the same path.
Then what? Well, according to these trusted friends, they went crazy. To be clear, we went crazy.
What did we do? We adopted three little girls aged two, five, and seven.
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