Our Heart for Adoption | The Story that Brought Us Here
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Welcome to The Frey Life daily vlogs! We are Peter & Mary, a married couple in our early 30's, showing the ups and downs of everyday life with #CysticFibrosis, a genetic lung disease that Mary was born with. In August 2019, Mary started a new CF medication that changed the trajectory of our future, and we are now in the process of growing our family through #adoption. We have an adorable standard poodle, Oliver, and a hairless sphynx cat, Harry. It's our hope that these videos can be an encouragement to to celebrate the little things in life and find joy amidst a world full of hard realities!
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THANK YOU for your kind words of support as we continue our adoption journey. If you’d like to hear more about our story, we sat down and attempted to record some of the deepest parts of our hearts ❤️
I am so very happy for the both of you. Children are truly a blessing from God. And thank you for sharing this journey with all of us. Congratulations to the both of you. I have followed you on here for years. Love you both so much
Congratulations 🎉 👏🙏🙏🙏🌈 cant wait to continue to follow y'all journey as you become parents.
OK Mary, hold up, I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but, how are you going to adopt a child? I heard that you said a couple of years ago, and I quote: "It would be potentially dangerous for me to have children." How does that make sense, regarding your health? I'm just asking, because I got confused when Peter said: "We're having a baby." I'm just saying. But anyways, I hope everything goes well! But seriously, I don't know the process of adopting children, and I don't really want to use my Google Nest Audio right now to look it up right now. That's kind of awkward to me. Once again, if I'm hurting your feelings, I am extremely sorry. I got confused.
But anyways, GOOD LUCK!!!!!! 🤗
@@ethanbowling3048 I think she was saying that as in it would be dangerous for her and the baby if she carried the baby with her health verses adoption it would not as she would not be actually carrying the baby . maybe!? 💝
Big appreciation for letting us into a part of your lives, that most would likely leave private until all the necessary hoops have been jumped through. So stoked for this next chapter for you guys.
oh my gosh, you guys!!!! mary's excited/shocked giggle is too dang cute. very happy for you guys
As someone who is resigned to never having a family due to my health (9 brain surgeries & counting) I am over the moon for you guys! Praying you through this incredible journey.
I’m praying for you Michelle!
Sending strength and joy to you Michelle ❤
🙏🙏🙏🙏 Michelle💖💖💖
Sending my love to you, Michelle
Yes, same! As someone for unknown reasons does not have a family I am so happy for them too! Praying for you!
Never felt any real desire to have children myself but It's great to see you realize a dream you've had for so long. I'm sure you both will make amazing parents.
Wow ! What a testimony y'all have ! Thank you for sharing your journey everyday and sharing this new journey with us ! When you were describing having a peace through this all I could think about is the scripture of how the Lord gives us peace that surpasses all understanding , we only expierence that peace in and through Christ Jesus . It's like the Lord protected your heart and then brought you to this journey where you are surrendering it all yet again into the Lord's hands ! What a beautiful thing ! I'm sitting here in a different stage of life than you are currently in but your journey and testimony speaks to me in what I am going through as well , GOD IS SO GOOD ! Praying for you both and for the baby the Lord has for you ! God bless ! So Happy for you both !
I grew up as a child of a sick parent, and while things were difficult at times, I don’t look back on that time as traumatic. The people who commonly surrounded my family made hospitalizations and surgeries easier for me. I totally understand why you didn’t want to adopt before Trikafta, and I am SO thankful you will be able to now!
I'd like to hear more about the adoption process, look in the baby's dresser drawers, closet, etc. I am so very happy for you.❤😊🌺
I'm so excited for you two! He/She will be very blessed to have y'all as their parents, thank you for sharing your beautiful story! God is truly AMAZING!
I would like to say you’re relationship is so beautiful. I myself am adopted and am truly blessed. Thank you for giving a child a chance at a wonderful life.
Speaking to the issues of bringing a child into a world of watching their parent decline is enviable for everyone we all have to eventually watch our parents decline some faster then others but it’s the journey and the love you give that child is the important part and I know y’all will be able to give that in abundance so I’m very happy for you both and your future child will be loved and that’s what matters
Any child that is coming your way , will be blessed to have you as their parents, prayers will continue for you both and the baby that Jesus chooses for you both.
Adoption is such a beautiful picture of God’s grace and redemption!
I remember picking up our first daughter at the hospital two days after her birth. The greatest gift we've ever received was only matched by adopting our son at nine months and our second daughter at ten years old. I'll be praying for you. I wrote a book about the Mayflower and was so touched when I realized that our nation was started by adopting families and foster families. Many of the parents aboard the Mayflower died and the children were enfolded into families that came on the next ship.
I sat and cried thru this whole piece and used half a box of tissues. Once again, I stand amazed in God’s holy presence. What God can do if we just hand ourselves over to Him. I am thankful that you are sharing this with us. Thank you.
Ok, who else cried their eyes out for the entire video? I just witnessed one of the most beautiful heartfelt videos ever! Yall are a beautiful couple and so gracious for bringing us along on this journey! Any child would be a great addition to the family and would be so blessed to have you both as parents! Sending love and prayers your way!
Me, I am just so happy for this new love they will feel. Beautiful ❤️❤️
I can't thank you enough for being so kind and generous to share with us (your online family) the depth and intimacy of your experience. I pray God will always keep you in the palm of his hand. Bless you both.
I am a adopted child myself and I am so greatful for parents like you. I have seen all of you videos and I can not with words express the joy and happiness with your announcement of adopting. I can only imagine the thoughts but I am SO HAPPY for you!!! You have helped me and my family with your videos thru the years. You have helped my daughter and I so wish you all the god good can give you. 💜🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼💜🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼💜
I’ve watched you guys for many, many years… it’s amazing to see how you both have grown as a couple, Mary’s health improvements, the way you love each other, and the love you have for this future child.
My husband and I decided not to have kids due to both of our health situations and then I had a hysterectomy sooo 😄 The grief definitely hits you in moments, although I never had a strong desire to be a mom. We have a kitten now who keeps us on our toes!
So happy for yall. I scream cried when I saw y'all IG announcement
I couldn’t be happier for you both! I’ve been walking on air for the last 24 hours since you broke the news! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you Peter and Mary for sharing this part of your hearts and lives
I've always got the "vibe" or feeling, that Peter would make the MOST amazing youth pastor. I'm so, SO excited to watch this journey! Adoption is absolutely top of my bucket list, and even more so with having gotten an Ehlers Danlos Syndrome diagnosis.
I think he was a youth pastor. I think that’s how they met, iirc.
@@nooneanonymous3340 that would make sense. When I was younger, I remember wishing he'd be my youth pastor. 😂
I have EDS too! Just wanted to pop in with some solidarity.
If it’s a girl you should name her Joy, as in I choose Joy!
Oh Mary, those 9 years were a gift. We tried to have a baby for years (MFI) and the pain with every pregnancy and birth was soul destroying. I am so so happy that this path of becoming parents is where you are going, you are going to be amazing parents. We finally got our miracle and she is now two. Doesn't matter how they arrive, just so long as they are loved x
Oooomgggg.....ollie an kitty going to have there very own little human... oooh mary an Peter...god bless..your bought to know love at a new all time high....
Mary & Peter, I am a long time watcher, first time caller. 😜 I am so very happy for you as your dream of being parents is becoming a reality. God is so, SO GOOD. 💗 It has been an absolute joy and testament to His Goodness to watch your love story and Mary’s miraculous health improvements. I have to sincerely thank you for this video and your candid and raw sharing about the pain you have both felt about not being parents. I have to shamefully admit something to you… when I saw your video announcement yesterday, I felt immediate joy for you, and followed by an empty and guilty sadness for myself, knowing that I will never be a mother or have a family of my own. Thank you so much for normalizing this feeling for us in this video today, and helping me feel less alone in my brokenness! You remind me that my heart can hold happiness for you and sorrow for me at the same time, and God’s perfect plan is unfolding for our good. The emptiness in our hearts can only be filled by Jesus when we have surrendered our dreams, desires, and whole selves to Him, who is love and goodness Himself. ❤️ Your family is in my prayers and I can’t wait to see how God will continue to work in you for His glory.
I remember when you were sick and crying in the hospital I remember crying wondering why someone like Mary has to suffer and now seeing how well your doing and the wonderful improvements that are happening in your life gives me such hope I am so happy I could share your teachable journey! You have shown such strength, resilience and love you deserve all the joy that comes your way!
God always grants us our hearts desire.....I remember the days and nights I cried for a baby and my miscarriages and disappointments and surgeries...and then, I was blessed with a beautiful baby boy who is an awesome man today!! God is always there
@@joane.3533 Dear Joan,
I am glad that God has granted you the desires of your heart and blessed you abundantly! I pray God grants Mary and Peter the same. However, I have to say that God has not promised to always grant us the desires of our hearts. I have been in that situation. I have come to peace with the disappointment of my desires for a family not granted to me. Please be careful saying such things, because it is very difficult for those of us who have not been blessed in that way! It is extremely painful.
This video is so beautiful. Hearing Mary talk about watching Peter grieving but not discussing is so real & something most would not admit & discuss. I can’t wait to see your family grow & the joy that will come with that but also to see you tackle those challenges of life together.
You two are such wonderful people and will be such loving parents ❤️
Wow. It is such a difficult process to balance: we share this on camera and we keep this as precious but unshared moment for us. And you conveyed this message very honest. Keep on and yes it is not everything authentic what we share on the Internet. I would even say that being authentic is being closed up sometimes and not sharing everything unfiltered but sharing what you feel would be meanigful to be shared :-) i follow your vlog since over 3 years now and wow I cannot express how amazed I sometimes am that I still never get bored and your perspective keeps enriching my thoughts sometimes. Thanks for being out there.
I just love God's story in your life! I've been watching your vlogs for a few years. Your hearts for Jesus and others is such an encouragement through my journey with chronic illnesses. Recently as I've been grieving not having children I've re-watched your vlogs answering questions about having or not having children. I've wondered if you may decide to adopt with having such wonderful improvements with Mary's health! Praise God for the improvements and praise Him for leading you to adoption at this time! I cried tears of joy for you when I saw the title of your most recent two vlogs. I absolutely can't wait to see your little one and watch your journey as a mommy, daddy and baby!!! It will also be fun to see how Ollie, Harry and baby interact with one another. What a beautiful picture of God adopting us....choosing, desiring & cherishing us out of LOVE!!! So VERY exciting!!!!
If it's a boy, I think you should name him after Peter's dad. It feels very "full circle." That life is full of pain and suffering, but also incredible joy, and you can experience both at the same time.
So happy for you guys, I have been watching your videos forever and am so excited for you!!
Oh my goodness I am in tears right now. Words cant even express how happy I am! I love you both and thank you for this video and your constant hard work!
Thank you for sharing this GREAT news! Children are SUCH a blessing from the Lord!
The nursery you put together for Baby Frey is a beautiful sanctuary. 💙💕☺️
I am excited for you. I cannot think of a better example of Christian parents then you two. I cannot wait to see this miracle of a child you raise. I have never been so excited for anyone having a child come into their family whether from adoption, fostering or giving birth then I am for the two of you. God is so good!!! Congratulations!!!
"Raising our child to have the tools to view the brokenness of world through the eyes of hope and the way God redeems suffering.." That gave me a lump in my throat and full body goosebumps. This child is going to be so lucky to have the two of you. The way you praise God in your hardest moments - moments that would shake my faith - you two are so inspirational. I wish you absolute joy and can't wait to meet your beautiful baby.
Both my brother and I were adopted (different bio parents, 6 years apart) so something like this makes me so happy to hear. ❤️❤️ Congratulations you guys, I know your child/children will be raised in a loving and amazing home.
I literally have tears in my eyes, I’m so happy for you and for your families, because I know that you guys have one at this for so long now.
My mum and aunt were adopted as babies. Thank you for showing me this side of the process of deciding to adopt. Gives me way more perspective of my grandparents who I didn’t get to know very well x❤️x
Such intimacy and rawness! You trust us with this big journey and story. May God lift you in His hands as you step into this new chapter!
I was adopted at birth. What you are doing is just so incredible I love it! You are saving a life, if my bio mom would have choose to keep me I would have been living a life in severe poverty. I wish you the best of luck with this process! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much for sharing this. Your story is such a beautiful testimony of God's faithfulness and your full trust in Him. I think my family thought I'd lost it for a few minutes when your original announcement came through and I was overjoyed. :)
Seriously this is the best news in such a long time. I always thought you two would make amazing parents. I can't wait to meet baby Frey.
This is so beautiful. Watching God move through your lives on this topic over the years, just to know He's got you on this. My only comment to lighten the mood, if it's a boy, his name should be Paul for sure.
Thank you for this video. And I am so happy for you, guys!❤️
I had a feeling something was up when Peter moved his office too! Something was a-changing!! Congrats! Adoption is a WONDERFUL thing (coming from someone who was adopted as a baby!)!!
I am not religious but I find your communication and way of processing all off your emotions in this important and beautiful decision is amazing! I wish you all the best in this coming journey 💙
But doesnt it take a long time and isnt it difficult to find a baby to adopt? Esp if you want a newborn and one who is born in the US? ..am I in error to think that? and are there older kids who need and are available for adoption?
We just had our miracle baby this May after many years of thinking we would never have a child. I remember those days of mixed sorrow and joy for friends. I am so excited for you guys!!!! That shock and joy won't wear off soon and it shouldn't anyways!! So happy for you guys! God bless you 😊
This was the most beautiful story told so vulnerably. Thank you for sharing and letting us see God’s faithfulness to and through you. Prayers for you all in this process as you take the next steps!
It really was. I loved hearing this.
It could be a great book!
I’m so excited for you two. Iv wondered if you two would be parents soon cause you guys will be amazing parents.
Watching while MY "that mama door is shut" kiddo plays in my lap. Our journey to her looked very different yet my heart was in the identical place! The bitter has made the sweet so much more precious!
Powerful, powerful video! God’s leading in your lives gives me goosebumps……and it shouldn’t. God is so SO good! Your joy is extremely palpable! Thank you for sharing your heart AND your journey. My heart is full. God bless 🤗❤️❤️🙏🏼😘🐕🐱
You will makes the best parents! I certainly wasn’t expecting it though! Happy for you!
So happy for you two.
Thank you for sharing God will bless you 3
I have an incredibly rare lung disease called lymphangioleiomyomatosis or LAM for short. Carrying a child will be risky due to my lung function and current medications. However, adoption is out of the realm of possibility for me due to cost. I'm so glad it's a path you can pursue!
I know you guys don’t have to listen to anyone else’s opinions but when you expressed your worry about the child seeing Mary sick and decline. I can’t help but think about the child’s life without you both as their parents. You may be saving this little one way more pain if you adopt and they witness sickness etc than if you don’t adopt and this little one is forced into foster care or wherever. Just a thought.
I know I’m not alone in feeling so grateful to be let into such an important, exciting vulnerable thing. I am excited for this sweet baby (and this journey!) as if it were my own. I truly can’t wait to see what is in store for the Frey family 💕💕💕
Peter and Mary, what a gift you are to all around you. Your testimony is so sweet and you two are gracious to openly share what the Lord has been doing in your hearts. My eyes are full of tears and my heart bursting with the joy that is to come. Congrats, y’all!!! And PRAISE JESUS!
Thank god you have conflict. You are so normal . Xxxxxx love you xxxx
Well, Mary sounds excited now!!! 😁❤
I love you guys. Thank you unendingly for your videos. I have followed you all for most of the journey on UA-cam. And absolutely have watched majority of everything. I am working on catching up. But I speak of you all to family and keep them updated they/I are so proud of you all! Lots of love. Congratulations on this wonderful LIFE❤ you all can do this!! Thank you guys. Please know there’s so much love for you all.
New subscriber here! Just came across your video! Love your content! Congratulations!
I'm so very happy for both of you. I was adopted at 2 weeks and I'm 67 now. I had the parents God chose for me, they too couldn't do it naturally but l believe with all my heart God already knows which child is going to call you mom and dad. You are going to be gorgeous parents. Love and best wishes 🇦🇺🐨🇦🇺🐨💕💕💕
What a beautiful testimony I am adopted and it’s such a painful process at times thank you for not judging and bringing so much contentment. Grace and joy into a hard world
Bless you guys! My family adopted my little brother when he was 4yo. That was 32 years ago. He definitely would not be alive if it wasn't for his adoption. He blessed me becoming my only sibling and he stretched and challenged us all to become more loving and open and Christ like. Bless your journey and giving hope to a another person and family.
I think your 'Big Announcement' is a bit premature. You could be months, even years before this happens, but it seems like you are using this as a way to bring more interest to your channel. Which should be the last step, not the first. I hope you both realize that it's against protocol to film an adopted child for a year following an adoption. I truly am happy that Mary feels good enough to even consider this, that is exciting in itself. The other thing, I recommend you do a lot of research regarding the adopted child's feelings, including the desire to find their bio family and the trauma that many carry with them, sometimes for a lifetime. I was adopted myself and have strong feelings about many things regarding adoption and all it requires and what it means when things don't go as planned for all parties involved. I did find my bio mom and it was very difficult for the mom that raised me. It was something I needed regardless of how things turned out. I simply needed answers. My brother was a heroin addict and I know my mom was crushed by it and probably thought it would have been different if she could have had her own bio child. SO MANY THINGS TO CONSIDER! I hope you are doing this for the right reasons and understand the magnitude of what this will mean. Babies are simple. Even younger children can be bliss but things will eventually start coming to the surface at some point and it can be so challenging. Heck, raising the best of kids under the best situation is a fantastic but tiresome journey that is often a thankless job until the child is much older. Things to consider, that is all. And unfortunately all the BABY videos right now seem like a good way to get new traction on your channel while it's flailing.
I am glad we don’t get to see everything don’t get me wrong I love your channel but I’m glad you guys keep somethings to yourselves it makes them way more special
So excited for you guys!❤️
Mary and Peter- So in awe of your journey and so excited for what lies ahead for you both. You guys are going to be amazing parents!
Trusting in God ..
Grateful today for the Frey Life! 🙏
I have only just been able to emotionally watch this vlog and I have cried, smiled, laughed and every other emotion throughout……. My partner passed away last year and we never got to the stage of considering adoption/fostering. Thank you 🙏🏻 for your raw emotional account of your journey and I so look forward to your journey into parenthood and beyond xx
Such a beautiful story! Thank you so much for sharing. I am so excited for y'all!
I saw your announcement yesterday and have had a big smile since. If anyone is meant to parent a child through this life of ups and downs, joys and sorrows, contentment and chaos, it's you two. You guys bring so much joy already to so many including me that I look for the added joy to come. God is with you.
Thanks for sharing your journey of getting to this place of adoption in your hearts. You will make the most wonderful parents....any child would be so blessed to be in your family! Best wishes as you go thru this process!
Oh my goodness! I'm super happy for the both of you! That's going to be one blessed baby! I love you both🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
oh, like a human baby? I though you gonna adopt another dog or a cat lol. Good for you tho, good luck
For a time I stopped watching your videos (I just wasn’t seeing them but this one got pushed through) and when you started talking about coughing I realized that you haven’t had a coughing fit at all and it was about an hour into an uncut video!! AMAZING!!
I'm so happy for you guys. I know Mary's a nurturer. You can see it with the fur babies. I think you guys need to think about a bigger vehicle. Of all the stuff to have Harry stay over at a friends house , I can only imagine the packing for a baby. This child is going to be very lucky.
I think we get to see that side of Peter a little more often in the videos because you see it when Mary is unwell, but yes, you can see it with Mary with the animals. Or a couple of times with a friend's child.
I am so impressed with your communication skills. If more married couples or family members or just two people would sit down at a table, look across at each other, and make an honest attempt to communicate, explain, and patiently understand the other's viewpoint--whether each agrees or not--there would be so many fewer divorces and family quarrels and disconnections. Good on you! Any baby will be blessed to have you as parents.
I love your channel so much! I am so excited for you guys. Ollie and Harry will be so happy for another person to snuggle with
I want to thank you for sharing your thought process and feelings with all of us. You two are going to be amazing parents!! The child you adopt is truly blessed.
Wow, congratulations! Thank you for taking us on this journey with you. I've never been blessed with a marriage or children. But it's just not in my plan. God Bless.
U guys are going to be incredible parents!! Make sure you give yourselves grace tho…after all, kiddos don’t come with instruction manuals!! But u guys will ace it!! You have so much awesomeness to share with a little one!!
Adoption is such an incredible, tangible way of seeing how we, as Children of God, are adopted into His family. Not a second rate choice at all! ❤️
We have been married 27 years we have a 25 year old biological daughter (who has a 18 month old) a 23 year old biological ( who has a 2 year old and a 2 week old). After our 2nd child my husband survived cancer twice. Physically having more children wasn’t a possibility. Emotionally we wanted more. So we adopted a little boy who just turned 18. Once again we were done. Nope we adopted a little girl at 12 weeks straight out of NICU! Born at 28 weeks at 2 lbs with 7 drugs in her system She is 5 years old. Adoption is WONDERFUL! Welcome to the club! It is so bittersweet because someone had to lose for you to gain. God bless y’all!
I have a very personal, serious question involving chronic health and children, both biological and adopted, and the very hard thoughts and decisions that come with it. I trust you both so much, and this is a situation I am currently having a REALLY difficult time with. I know you are busy and have a lot of messages and comments, but I'd do anything to ask you a couple questions, and maybe help me not feel so alone.
I hope you let your child pick if they want to be religious and not force it on them. Very happy for you both!
It's really interesting for me to sit a listen into this conversation, it makes me feel so not alone! The way that you describe that "peace" that you had about not having children for 9 years is how I've felt for many years. As a queer person, I married a woman and we can't easily have a child naturally - we also have our own separate biological set-backs to that. Over this past year I became overwhelmed with the desire to nurture children because I felt called to devote my life to my community in that way. It's so similar to the thoughts and feelings that you're sharing, our circumstances are just so very different. We're also not Christians and don't feel the same pull towards the things that you feel your God has given you (peace and gratitude for that), but it's still such a familiar feeling for me that it hits home. Wow it's so beautiful that we as humans have such deep and varied experiences and feelings. Thank you for sharing this conversation, thank you for being candid about your pain and joy - it made me feel that much more connected to humanity today
Hi Marry & Peter both. I am really happy to hear that great news about adopting a baby. My husband and I we both adopted a baby boy in U.K. That's a great bonding with each other. We both love him so much & he love us too. Can't imagine our life was pointless without him. May God bless him in this world and hereafter, Amen. I can't express this care, love & bonding in my words. I am going to pray for you. May God bless you, Amen.
Ive watched you for 5 years and I so remember how very very sick you were. I could see you losing weight, being almost unable to walk to the bathroom…sometimes even after a hospital stay…then Trikafta has been such an amazing miracle help for you! I am so happy happy for you! Also, thank you for reminding us subbies that we see only a small fraction of your lives! I am so happy that you will be able to be parents.
This video is beautiful. Thank you for all this information Mary and Peter. You guys are amazing
A new door opening for you and a new little life who doesn’t know this yet! Praying for a future filled with love and peace xx 🙏🌈🎉💐❤️
So happy for you. Also please pray for me because I am experiencing some pangs of jealousy knowing I will never be a mom
My oncologist was adopted !
Hey guys, it’s been awhile since I have seen your vlogs, I guess I lost you two somewhere alone the way. But I have found you now. Congratulations on your new baby, I’m so excited for both of you. Y’all are a special and beautiful couple . And the child that receives you for parents will be getting more love than it’s heart can hold. I can’t wait to see the baby and how beautiful your life will be. Being parents is the best feeling that you can ever feel. And I believe god sends his gift to the family that is loving and god knows will give all the love it will need. Luv you guys.😁
It is a really broken world and the next day isn't promised for ANYONE, but that shouldn't stop you from fulfilling your dream (and I'm glad it isn't!). My sister in law died and left behind 2 children unexpectedly this past year. No one could have predicted it whatsoever and my husband and I and the rest of our family is just doing our best to support those poor kids. The next day, week, even year isn't promised for anyone and if you have the heart to have a child or adopt like you guys do and the resources, I say go for it. I'm very happy for you both ❤️
Congrats! Can’t wait to follow along on this new journey. You think having pets is like having kids… yeah right! I wish they were like my pets. Praying and sending love to you guys from Hawaii!