[fostadoptmom]

I have two grown daughters, ages 31 & 28 - and three grandchildren, ages 6, 7 & 9.
Remarried in 1997 and dh had never been marrried or had kids. I was 40, he was 41. We tried to have our own but decided to look into adoption. It was so expensive we decided to check out the fost-adopt program. Shortly after certification we were given the opportunity to foster parent a 3 mo and 21 mo old sibling set. WOW - two days to prepare for 2 little ones! After two years of parental visits, social workers, case managers, etc.---finally, the kids were ours!!!
It's been wonderful, but I have noticed the difference in my energy level over the past five years! The kids do wear me out at times. I'm definitely not as young as I used to be! Now we are trying to figure out how to budget for college and retirement!