The Sunflower...

I stole a quote from my FTIA pal Nicole :) which she read in a book called "The Sunflower" by Richard Paul Evans. It's about a woman who travels to Peru and makes a stop at an orphanage.

We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by the brush of our intentions. It's the great, deep secret of humanity that in the end none of our lives look the way we thought they would. As much as we wish to believe otherwise, most of life is a reaction to circumstances.

How true is that?!? If you would have asked me 2, 5, 10, even 20 years ago if I would be adopting a baby I would have said no...never in a million years...never occurred to me. Of course I always knew it was an option, but had never reached that point. We were so lucky to become pregnant with our boys so early in our infertility treatment (even though it took us 2 years to conceive them, our 1st IUI was a success). So of course when I realized I wanted another child I thought all I needed to do was another IUI. I never thought it wouldn't work. But after surgery & 6 IUIs we needed to make a decision, and we chose adoption. We reacted to our circumstances. I have to go buy this book.

Jen:)