We have lots of love to give as parents, and Emmett is going to be a great big brother.
While we don’t like to dwell on it, infertility is definitely a part of our story. This is a very real and difficult aspect of our journey that we still work through and experience. Fortunately, we went into our relationship with a little bit of an idea that this would be a trial we would work through together.
As a child, Tom was diagnosed with a terminal illness called aplastic anemia. Through the miracle of modern medicine, his life was saved by chemotherapy, radiation, and three bone marrow transplants. Over 25 years later, this experience is squarely in the rearview mirror, but it left its mark as we do not have the option of biological children.
In a perfect world, there would be no need for adoption. There would be no unplanned pregnancies, no infertile couples, no demand for any of this. But we live in an imperfect world, and we know that Heavenly Father takes these imperfect circumstances and orchestrates beauty from the ashes.
The full story of Emmett’s adoption isn’t ours to tell (there are parts that belong to us, parts that belong to his birth family, and parts that belong to him), but suffice it to say that there were miraculous circumstances that brought us together. We have seen this process work before, and we have felt the push to do it again. We are so grateful for everyone that is willing to share our information or consider us as potential parents for their child.
Beckstead Baby Journey 