This guest post is by Sarah Farrar, a hopeful adoptive mother and blogger.
“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.” –Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
I came across this quote by Oscar Wilde on a day when I was really struggling with finding what I like to call my “zen state” in regards to the adoption wait.
Everything was feeling particularly unfair and hopeless.
We all have those days and boy, was I having one.
I read it and something just clicked.
It isn’t all about when and how our baby will find us.
It isn’t only about our battle with infertility or our rather tedious journey to adopt.
Our baby finding us will likely come from a place of loss for someone else. Our happiness resulting from someone else’s hardship.
There is a bigger picture here. Continue reading