Most of us, especially those who are reading this, live at least a portion of our lives online. We share what is going on using social media and keep connected with other people through it. The problem, as all of us know, is that this provides only a small picture of someone else's life. My girl Hannah Brencher always says there's a huge difference between investigating and investing in another person.

I want to be an investor, not simply an investigator. In light of this, I'm starting a series today called The Honest Truth to authentically peel back the curtain on the things I have experience with and what I've learned along the way. I can't promise to know it all, but what I do know I promise to honestly and truthfully share with you so that you, too, can know The Honest Truth. Today...it's about adoption.

For better or worse, adoption is extremely glamorous from the outside. A lot of people have told us they admire us for what we are doing. A lot of people have the notion that we are rescuing a child from a world of future hurt. Even more people have said they could 'never do what we are doing.'

The sentiments behind all of this is incredibly sweet, but...