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Originally Posted by SingleMama2B
I am such a supporter of Older Child adoptions.... The statistics for these children after the age of 5+ years is just Heartbreaking, on their chances of being adopted!!! For MANY reasons, I choose this path, and am soooooo glad, greatful, and blessed that I did  |
We did the same. We had two bio kids about five years apart and wanted a child in between the two boys. So we adopted a little girl and came home just before she turned 6.
Ironically, we did not host. Our daughter was supposed to be a part of a hosting program, but she came down with a fever the day before the hosting group was due to leave for the U.S. The director of the orphanage decided to keep her home... thus making her available for us!
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Julia's Journey
-from Ulan-Ude
-Trip #1 November 2004
-Trip #2 March 9, 2005
-Gotcha Day March 17, 2005
-Home Forever March 26, 2005
-RAD diagnosis May 2006
-PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Diagnosis) August 2006
Our attachment therapist's quote to me after a session with my daughter and my wife: "You've landed yourself right in the middle of a looney bin."
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