Kelly – Thank you for your reply! We are definitely looking at domestic adoption. One of my best friends works on KY’s Foster Care review board. She is quite helpful since they do see some information that is sometimes hard for potential parents to see. We have identified 3 children we are interested in but are open to others. We are not in any rush. Heck, it’s taken us 3 years to get to this point! But this is too important a decision to us and to any child to go faster than we are comfortable.
Kretzklan – Thank you to you also! Yes, we are narrowing down what we think we can handle. My husband’s Dad abandoned he and his Mother when he was young, and with my own issues from my Dad, we have dealt ourselves with abuse, abandonment, attachment issues, etc. We know different ways of dealing with the long term issues that these kids face because we have been there ourselves. We know they may never heal or that they won’t heal totally, and that healing comes on their terms and their timing, even with our love, guidance and support. But we know we can give them a good foundation to start with and what they do with it is up to them (with any help they need/want). We will also take time to work with my step-son. But you bring up a great point about our potential adopted son being jealous when our step-son comes to visit!! Thanks for that insight! And you are right. I have 3 older sisters and I am the youngest. We still have issues! Tho, not the knock down drag outs we used to have
