Our Journey to Kaden

About the Book

This is not a book. It may look and feel like any other book you've held in your hands and plopped on your nightstand-but it's not a book. It's a blog in print. A book should be a fluid continuous stream of prose, with a climactic arch and a subsequent dénouement. This printed blog doesn't really have those things. It has blog posts, posted comments, and emails in chronological order. It does tell a story, true-but it's neither edited, nor polished. This is an in-the-moment angst of a first-time mother going through a Russian adoption. A memoir would be told in the wise voice of a narrator who's been through the process successfully. This blog is told in the frantic voice of a chick who had no idea what was going on. It's not a book, but it's our story.

About the Author

Faydra Stratton is a graduate of the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, where she received her MFA in fiction. She wrote a blog to keep friends and family connected with the daily ups and downs of their adoption journey of Kaden, as well as to help others with the adoption process. Faydra decided to print it, primarily as a keepsake for Kaden. Faydra, Kevin, and Kaden recently left Wilmington for Longview, Texas, where Kevin is studying missionary aviation. This family has many adventures ahead of them! Faydra has written two book-length fiction projects, a novel, and a collection of stories. See samples of her fiction at: www.faydrastratton.com