From pretty early on in our relationship, Kevin and I knew we would one day adopt. It came up casually in one of those “how many kids do you want to have?” conversations. I remember it clearly. As we debated on whether 3 or 4 was the perfect number, I asked, “Would you ever want to adopt?” Kevin’s answer was so confident. “Absolutely,” he replied. At that point, I’m pretty sure my response went something like this: “God would really have to slap me across the face to make it clear that we are supposed to adopt. That’s not just something you do because it sounds like a good idea.” So over time, we settled at having 3 or 4 kids, and possibly adopting someday. Years later, after we had our first son, we endured 2 miscarriages. While that was undoubtedly a tough experience, it was one of the most incredible times of learning clear lessons that God wanted to teach me…one of which was that He does, in fact, want us to adopt some day. Since then, I have had the same con