It never fails, anytime I spend looking back through this blog, whether it be reading old posts or looking through old pictures I say to myself, "I wish I never would've stopped." This blog began as a way to document all we had going as we set out to form our family and served a very therapeutic outlet for me as well. I documented the good, I documented the bad, I documented all that I could knowing I would want to look back one day to see how far we've come.
In the last 3 years since I last posted, much has changed, but one thing has remained the same, Sara and I remain as dedicated to being the best parents we can be, and with that we decided this year and we weren't quite done at 4.
Our journey to adopt a 5th child has not been without its hurdles, but that has come as no surprise. It's never easy. Our journey will ultimately take us back to South Korea, that we know. When we will go and who will be waiting for us when we get there we don't know just yet.
For any that have followed along via Twitter (@mattritzmann) or Instagram (@mattritzmann) as we venture to add to our family, you know that we were on course to bring a stunningly beautiful little girl with special needs home that we lovingly referred to as Baby Sister. What you likely don't know is that Sara and I came to the heartbreaking realization a couple of months ago, after many sleepless nights and difficult calls with our doctor and agency, that we were not the best family to attend to her needs. That's a decision I would wish on no one. We love her deeply still and it was that love for her that led us to our decision. Thankfully, her profile is again being shared with other prospective adoptive families and we remain very confident that she will find the perfect family for her.
With that, our adoption is back to the very familiar, yet uncomfortable place where we (not-so) patiently wait.
Matt, hi! My name is Anastasia, i am producer of Russian YouTube channel "Redakciya" ("Editorial office") with journalist Alexei Pivovarov https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1eFXmJNkjITxPFWTy6R.. We are doing journalistic materials about important themes in Russia and around the world. For the next material we want to do the theme about additional families in Russia and Dima Yakovlev law, which forbids families from America to adopt children from Russia(now our government wants to expand this law and forbid for all counties to adopt Russian children). We think that this law is terrible and that it is really necessary for every child to find the place where is better for him, and it is not important - is it America or Russia or any other country. If parents loves him and can give him better conditions for life . For this reason we want to ask you about an interview about your big amazing family and your son Lleyton)) to show for our audience that it is amazing when the child find family and in America it is really good and full of love.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible to visit your family just for hour in the end of next week? (sorry for my grammar mistakes))
Thank you in advance! Anastasia +79035245104 akudryavtsevamsu@gmail.com