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  • Paper Pregnant

    “You’re paper pregnant!” My friend told me over lunch one day. This friend and her husband had attempted adoption before and she could relate to the relentless paperwork involved in the early stages of adoption. Paper pregnant is the perfect term for the beginning stage of adoption. You have this deep calling, a few months…

  • Just get knocked up…

    Many people wonder how I got to the place to adopt a child from South Africa. Some still wonder why I am even heading down this path anyone. A good friend in South Africa asked over dinner one night a very valid question, “why don’t you just go and get knocked up!” Her question may…

  • A Very Cold Christmas…

    Christmas is never cold in Miami…….except the Christmas of 2022. The Christmas I decided to take the advice of a friend and get out of dodge for the Holiday. As a single person holidays are lovely and at times hard. While siblings and friends marvel over my ability to have no responsibility and do whatever…

  • A very good place to start….

    A very good place to start….

    Welcome to Audrey Adopts, a blog about my adoption journey for all wondering about my journey, contemplating their own journey and a place to remember this time and space that is making the way to make me a mom. The beginning is a good place to start. From the beginning I have always wanted to…