Greg and I had several mutual friends although our paths never really crossed until one day after school. (we were "making up time" for days, but thats another story) Of course once all of our mutual friends heard of this encounter they immediately began their mission of getting us together. However, we managed to just "stay friends".....
That was until the beginning of my Sophomore year and I walk into class and there he sits.....I was screwed, there was no avoiding him, his smile, his jokes, his outspoken bluntness, or the group of friends that waited outside after class everyday to ensure we were bonding..... It was time for prom and of course there was no turning down the opportunity to hang out with all my friends that were going OR hanging out with the guy that I tried so hard not to like but had fallen in love with throughout the year!
We have had so many great times, adventures, ups & downs over the last 20 years. We are lucky to have amazing friends and family that have supported us through it all. We may not have biological human children right now but we do have two awesome fur babies, that also await the arrival of human siblings!
Bailey & Ginger (RIP Sweet Girl)
This is Jax (our foster failure!)
TIMELINE OF OUR JOURNEY (so far).......
*I have included links for some of the words, diagnosis, medications, etc that you may not be familiar with*
1996 ~ We met
1998 ~ Greg graduates and moves back to Texas for college
1999 ~ Stacy graduates and Greg moves back to North Carolina to be with Stacy :)
2004 ~ Greg proposes to Stacy at one of their favorite vacation spots ~ Bluebend, WV
June 4, 2005 ~ Greg and Stacy are married :)
2008 ~ After months of complaining about feeling bloated and having abdominal pains a coworker personally schedules an appointment and makes Stacy see a doctor. Two days later Stacy has laparoscopic surgery for two very large cysts and scar tissue that has taken over her abdomen caused by Endometriosis...surgery results in loss of left ovary and cyst on right ovary was only drained to avoid damage to ovary since Stacy had stated it was her goal to have children. (LESSON LEARNED ~ DO NOT IGNORE YOUR BODY GO TO THE DOCTOR)
2008-2015 ~ We have go through years for hormones, testing, procedures, shots, and lots and lots of tears. (See Our Fertility History on the Home Page for more details) and still no babies. After our failed IUI in April we havent really discussed much in regards to building our family. Avoiding the issues and not talking about it has been our way of coping with everything.
June 2016 ~ We were presented with the opportunity to adopt a sweet 10mth old little boy. We spend the next few months getting to know him and his family. We hired a lawyer and started the process. Unfortunately the parents failed to give their consent to adopt and we were unable to purse adopting him. We still think of him today and pray that he continues to be surrounded with all the love and support he deserves.
September 2016 ~ We began the process to get licensed to become Foster Parents!! We hope to foster to adopt and look forward to making a positive impact on the children of our community. We have not given up on our desire for a biological child and hope to one day purse IVF.
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