About the author

Alissa
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Alissa was born and raised in the Midwest and currently calls Iowa home. She's living out her dreams as a stay home mom & wife. Alissa has a 4 year old son and a 1 year old daughter, both through open adoption. For fun, she enjoys taking pictures of her kids. Too bad they don't find it as amusing!

Two Different Kinds of Love

Written by Alissa Kay
This month we’ll celebrate Mother’s Day… we’ll celebrate our mothers, grandmothers and those of us lucky enough to be moms will also be celebrated.  But Mother’s Day isn’t always a happy day for everyone; sometimes it’s bittersweet. It might be…

06 May 7:00 AM 0 Read More...

Adoption: Dreams Really Do Come True

Written by Alissa Kay
We all have hopes & dreams and one of my lifelong dreams came true 4 years ago; when I became a mom for the first time. Tying into that, I have always dreamed of going to Disney World with my kids.
My dad’s favorite vacation…

01 Apr 7:00 AM 3 Read More...

Adoption: To the Moon and Back

Written by Alissa Kay

My son is almost 4. Four. That’s crazy… I feel like that’s bordering on big kid territory. He’s already doing the preschool thing. Played on a soccer team and now trying his skills at basketball. Sometimes I have to pinch myself. This is…

04 Mar 7:00 AM 2 Read More...

Adoption: Baby Guilt

Written by Alissa Kay

It’s no secret that I would love to add another baby to our family. I’ve got the baby fever bad… really, bad. I see all those sweet little newborns with their squishy faces and it leaves me craving those long nights of little to…

18 Feb 7:00 AM 2 Read More...

Adoption: "She LOOKS just like YOU!"

Written by Alissa Kay

My family goes out as a family of 4 and people have no clue that we are an adoptive family. We look like any other family. Because of our openness, I wrongly assumed that it would be fairly obvious that we adopted our children. So far…

04 Feb 7:00 AM 4 Read More...