However, almost a year into my marriage, my life was been turned upside down by life's challenges. I have a beautiful daughter who is almost three years old named Gabriella. She is the joy of my life. But when I was five months pregnant with her, my husband Brian was diagnosed with advanced stage III Hodgkin's lymphoma. In between obstetrician visits and sonogram appointments, we went to chemotherapy three days a week.
You have to understand, my husband is one of the strongest people that I know. He is a 6'1" police officer, and he is loved by everyone around him. I saw my husband on the brink of death, held his hand when he didn't even have enough strength to hold mine, and wondered if my daughter would have a father. However, out of that experience, we were surrounded by more support, love and encouragement from our friends and community than we thought was possible. I will never be able to properly thank those people who picked us up from our darkest hour.
Today, I have been blessed by two miracles: my beautiful, healthy daughter and my handsome husband who has been cancer-free for two and a half years. My one sadness in life is that as a result of his chemotherapy, we cannot have any more children.
On our first date, my husband and I both know we wanted a big family –twelve kids!! After two miscarriages and several failed tries at in vitro, we knew that there had to be another option for us. We had discussed adoption, but what are two civil servants to do about the enormous costs associated with these things? I needed help! I want my house to ring with the joy of children's laughter as I always dreamed that it would, and I did not know how to make that dream come true.
Now, after a million phone calls and a lot of explaining, we have embarked on the lengthy process of adoption through foster care. It is virtually cost-free, and it will allow us to do exactly what I have always dreamed of doing—filling my house with kids who desperately need to be loved!
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