This is a big week for me. Almost a decade ago I did something stupid. Something I was terrified to do. But because I did that thing that I was terrified to do next week I get to do something I've wanted to do my entire life. Something I'm extremely excited to do. Something that will be one of the biggest moments of my life. Something so big that August 27th will be a holiday in my family forever. Nine years ago On this day nine years ago I did the scariest thing I’d ever done up to that point. I quit my job, packed a few boxes of clothes and stuffed them into the back of my truck and drove to California to start a new life. I had no job, no place to live, and no real plan. I was more terrified of moving away from my friends and family and everything I had ever known than I had ever been of anything in my life. Nine years later One week from today is the court date when we will officially adopt our oldest daughter from foster care. It occurs to me that if I hadn’t had the [...]