Your stories are all interesting and inspiring to me.
Thanks for continuing to share.
It is a little aggravating when people push their concerns on me... but I think I have it under control. Someone I am very close to asked if she could express her concerns to me and I told her no. I basically said that this is my life and these decisions are mine to make and since she has no experience in the area, I wouldn't be listening to her anyway. I said I've been letting it go in one ear and out the other thus far, anyway. She took it very well because I said it in the nicest way possible. In any event, she got the point. ;-)
As far as visits and things are concerned, I am not going to go into it too much right now with our pbmother. I figure that we have time to work it all out and when the topic comes up, we can talk about it then. I don't want to force a conversation on her or seem like I am pushing. Whatever decisions we come to, I want her to be comfortable with them. I certainly don't want to cause her any pain.
I talked to DH last night about it and he is totally on board with maintaining the friendships and contact with the pbparents in the future. That was a relief. Yay! I think everything will just fall into place just fine.
And Deb....
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"Open adoption doesn't complicate our lives, it COMPLIMENTS it!"
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What a beautiful sentiment... thank you!
-Karen