In the Beginning...
*Edited from the Adoption announcement I sent with our Christmas Card, 2019- Spring 2015: Dave- “We need to talk. Something happened, and I don’t want to tell you, but I think I have to." If you ever want your spouse to instantly think of every bad thing you could have ever done, start out a conversation like this…. “I had a dream,” This may not seem weird to you, but Dave rarely remembers dreams… like maybe three our whole marriage. Me, I can still tell you every detail about my trip to Japan from when I was six… (I’ve never been to Japan, but I sleep travel, you should try it, it’s cheap!) “I dreamed I was holding this child, and I don’t remember what they looked like, but we were talking and they kept saying things like, Why can’t I stay with you’, When can I be in your family’. “ At this time, Kjersti was around 3 or 4, we had already decided we were done having kids, I was in the middle of cosmetology school, and we were living in our three-bedroom townhome. I knew i...
