Grace Our Ticket Home

Could you board a plane to a third world country without a return ticket home?It’s a decision, Lesa Scarlett Grimes (mom of four girls, career woman, and wife) never thought she’d be forced to make. After three painful years living in limbo, Lesa and her husband Tim were finally given the green light to adopt their daughter (Grace) from an orphanage in Nicaragua. On one condition… Lesa had to move to Central America (with their six-year-old daughter Lucie) to finalize the adoption. In May 2009, the Grimes girls boarded a plane; only nothing they packed in their suitcases would prepare them for this journey. That’s where Grace Our Ticket Home, a memoir begins.I never set out to document this time in my life as I am not a writer, but I felt compelled to pick up my laptop and let the experience flow. Once I got going, I couldn’t stop. It’s real, it’s raw and a little rough around the edges. I didn’t leave out any happy dance moments or rip out my hair episodes. (Believe me, there were a lot of them!) My three-year love affair with Nicaragua taught me so much about who I am, the people I love and the person I want to become. This book is for any soul who longs to make an impact beyond themselves.