I see a lot of nature components in her that are more akin to her birth mom.

But I said, you know, there's no way you would take on somebody else's child.

And I remember looking at him just very calmly saying, why wouldn't I?

I loved her just as much as any baby that I could have had.

Well, his biggest struggle was I'm not sure I could love a child that wasn't biologically mine.

Dear young married couple, is adoption a part of your story, or do you foresee it being a part of your story?

Or maybe even somebody that you know.

If so, this episode might help you with some conversation points and some solutions about navigating the unknowns.

We got to interview Josiah and Amber Aston of Sacramento, California.

Yes, actually I grew up with Josiah. We are childhood friends and we've watched them walk through this whole process and decided, you know, it'd be really awesome to talk to them about their story of adoption and what that looked like for them.

Yes, it's a beautiful story and you're going to get to hear all about it today.

And just a little bit about them.

Josiah has a Bachelor of Music Education, a Master's in Ministry, a Master's in Leadership,

and Teaching Credentials, and Administrative Credentials. They're very educated. Amber has a Bachelor in

Early Childhood Education and a Master's in International Education. And they are co-founders of an

online school, actually. Yeah, they're doers. They are. And you know what's

interesting too is well you can't forget he's a really great piano player. Oh that's right. Yes.

Yeah. That's important for me. For sure. So they're incredible people with a huge heart and that's

evident in their story that you're about to hear today. Yes. And you'll have to excuse my voice.

You probably noticed.

But my voice is not like it normally is today.

It's leaving me.

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