Win a Trip for 2 To Hawaii

Thanks to soo many of you for your support already.
Please mail checks for raffle tickets to:
Abby Cornelius
PO Box 15
Gap Pa 17527
And I will contact you with your raffle number.

Thanks-
Abby

That time of the month.

So its that time of the month again. The first thing I think of is, great, thanks for the constant reminder that my girly parts suck! I always deal with pain because of the endometriosis and somedays it really feels like a slap in the face. However the pity party stopped sooner this time than usual. I instantly found myself unsarcastically saying "Thank You". Thank you for reminding me that things aren't always perfect, but that doesn't mean it's bad or wrong or still doesn't lead to the same wonderful end. I felt hopeful and excited about our future adoption. It wasn't the sadness I've felt before thinking a family and a child were out of reach.
I know my day and time will come and I very much look forward to it.
I feel moved thinking of the selfless act that will bring a birthmother to give her baby to us someday and trust us with the biggest decision of her life. I feel proud to have decided to take this path and encouraged by the amazing support of our family and friends. I feel grateful that infertility doesn't have to equal no hope.
Love,
Abby

Puzzle Fundraiser.

For a minimum donation of $10 you can sponsor a puzzle piece.
The sponsorship will get your name on a puzzle piece. The goal is for us to sell 500 puzzle pieces filled with the names of family and friends who have helped support our adventure of adoption. The puzzle will be framed and be the first piece of art work in the nursery. Thanks to those who have already supported the puzzle!

All the funds go directly to our adoption account and will get us one step closer to our baby. Click below to donate today!

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Endometriosis Awareness Bracelets!

My infertility was caused by Endometriosis. Endometriosis is a disease that affects 1 in 6 women. 50% of those with Endometriosis are infertile, so although not all are affected by infertility the disease still affects their lives in some way. It causes severe pain during menstruation and can cause ovarian cysts as well as the endometrial lining of your uterus growing outside your uterus causing scar tissue and adhesions that create pain and fuse together internal organs. I suffer from Stage IV endometiosis and have had a laproscopy to remove SOME of the scar tissue and adhesions and detach my uterus from my bowel. Endometriosis is an endocrine disease meaning it is affected by your hormones. These hormone imbalances add to complications with conception and implantation.
I am selling these bracelets to raise awareness of this disease and to raise funds to support our adoption. They are handmade with sterling silver, swarvoski crystals, handmade glass beads and show the yellow ribbon that supports Endometriosis Awareness. They are $15 which includes shipping and handling. Thanks for your support! Click here to purchase.

Everyone has their journey to parenthood.

Statistic shows that 6.1 million couples suffer from infertility. Why is it that no one ever talks about it? I am at that age where everyone around me is getting pregnant or has baby's on the mind. Together we are all learning so much that was never shared with us. We weren't prepared for the woes of trying to conceive. I have many friends who have had miscarriages. That is so sad to experience the joy and hope of a child to have it taken from you, only for a doctor office to tell you its very common, and you are supposed to find comfort in that. I have friends who have gotten pregnant effortlessly to have tumultuous pregnancies that leave the them fearing for their baby and their own health and well being. I have friends who have tried for years before becoming pregnant and those who have been blessed to get pregnant quick and have uneventful pregnancies. In any of these cases each women has a story to share, a journey. Some of those journeys end with a beautiful baby in your arms that makes all the past concern and anxiety seem absolutely worth it! They quickly forget the killer labor, or the months of "trying" and will do it all over again because the joy of being a parent and holding your child makes it all worth while.

There are others however who don't meet that same end, and what do they do? How do they cope with their sorrow, anxiety, and frustration when it doesn't end in a child. I'm going to be writing about my journey through infertility and the path that lead my husband and I to decide that adoption was the option for us. This blog will follow our adoption process.
We just decided adoption is the way and now we are on to raising/saving money and hopefully within a few years we will have our happy ending as well, with our baby in our arms, and it will make it all worth it!