One Hundred Forty-Three Million MINUS One

A couple of months ago, my creative and talented husband came up with the idea of selling reusable shopping bags to help raise money for our adoption.

It sounded like such a simple idea.

Turns out, it was a little more difficult than we thought.

So since then, we've been planning, and working, and writing, and designing....

...and TADA!!!!

The bags are here and ready for purchase.

Throughout this entire process, our desire has never been to save a nation or to change the world. We simply want to change one child. We want to reach out to one little boy and make him ours.

There are 143,000,000 orphans in this world. Too many to count. Too many to comprehend.

But in 18 months, THERE WILL BE ONE LESS.

143,000,000 (-) 1

It's just one, but this one is so important to us.

And I guess we are asking you to make him important to you too.

I dream of the day when we will be able to say to our son, "You matter so much that 100 people worked together to put you into our family. You. are. so. loved."

We have received so much love and support. I get a bit blurry in the eyes when I think of all of the people who are already excited about this little guy. All of the people who are ready to love and squeeze and cherish him.

Thank you. Thank you all for that.

And if you feel so inclined, if you want to move us closer to the day when he will be in our arms, please consider purchasing a shopping bag...or five...or ten.

You will find a place to purchase them in the sidebar on the right.

(Yes, I realize that you can get these for $1 at Wal-Mart...but, well, Wal-Mart is not trying to adopt a baby.)

And please, keep following our story and learning about adoption and praying for orphans and dreaming about our little guy. He will be here oh-so-soon.