Well, here she is! Finally, we have lift off for the shirt orders. Truth be told, this has been an exhausting process. With the help of some technologically astute individuals (to you, here is a heart felt "thank you"), we have finally gotten the blog up with all the things needed to show off the design (above), connect gadgets that allow people to see shirts in each of the colors, and gadgets to connect the ordering and payment of the shirts. Now, I can only suspect that there are people reading this (because I know of some of you out there!) that are chuckling to yourselves because what has taken my wife and I hours and hours of google searches, trial and error, and more trial and error to figure out could have taken mere minutes for you. The sad part for me though is that if I had to do this again, it would still take me hours and hours to figure out! Ah, but alas, we have made it to this point, which means, YOU CAN BUY TEE SHIRTS NOW!!!!
We will be taking orders through the rest of this calendar year. At the beginning of January, we will close out the first wave of orders and send to have printed. These orders should be received either by mail or hand delivery by the end of January 2013.
But, if you miss the cut off above, don't worry! We will start a second wave of orders while closing out the first wave. Another housekeeping note, if you order online and you receive your shirt by hand (instead of via mail), we will plan on returning the cost of shipping that you paid upon paying for your order via the web. Hopefully, this won't be too much of an inconvenience.
In case you missed it, the design above is original to our family thanks to the fine folks at Global Screen Printing in Brandon, MS. However, the adoption triad symbol (ATS) within the design above was not our creation. I'm not sure who actually created it, but it appears to be something pretty familiar within the adoption circles. The ATS has a triangle where the three sides symbolize: 1) the birth parents, 2) the adoptive parents and 3) the child. Now, having collided in a specific moment within time and space, these three groups from the point they are introduced to one another are connected forever. The heart that weaves through the triangle is exactly what you would think: a love and respect shared for one another and the role each has within the process.
We hope you like the design and it fires you up enough that you want more than one! :-) Our desires through selling (and more importantly, your purchasing!) the shirts, are to provide you with a way to promote awareness for adoption, give you a tangible reminder so to keep our family in your prayers, to give our girls some opportunity in participating in the adoption by selling tee shirts and to seek your financial partnership and help in this endeavor God has called us to.
Thank you for all the prayers sent on our behalf. Please don't be afraid to share this blog with your friends and family and DON'T BE AFRAID TO PURCHASE SOME TEE SHIRTS!!!! WOO HOO! God bless.
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